the gunner and taught to beheve that in this country 

 they will have far greater freedom to pursue their 

 amusement than they had at home. And foreigners 

 are not alone in such killing of birds. Manj^ of our 

 American men and boys go out with guns and the con- 

 viction that anything that flies is legitimate game. 



Through our published and widely circulated liter- 

 ature, by our Junior Audubon Classes in the schools, 

 by means of articles in the press and lectures in 

 schools, granges and public halls, we seek to spread 

 widel}'^ among the people of the State the knowledge 

 of the necessity of conserving our valuable birds. Nec- 

 essary, protective laws are advocated; vicious meas- 

 ures are vigorously opposed. 



By means of our permanent educational exhibit of 

 the economic value of birds at Atlantic City, we have 

 placed before the eyes of thousands of visitors from 

 every part of the globe, every year, an object lesson 

 unique, so far as we are aware, in the history of bird 

 protective organizations throughout the world. 



The field that this Society is endeavoring to work 

 is wide and important, beyond the belief of those who 

 have not given the matter careful study. At the pres- 

 ent time it is limited only by the moral and financial 

 suj)port that we receive. Depending on the influ- 

 ence wielded by an adult membership of little more 

 than a thousand and on financial resources provided 

 by the membership dues of an even smaller number, 

 we are handicapped in a work that should command 

 the unstinted support of the whole people of the State. 

 In a State as rich and intellectual as New Jersey such 



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