Cbe ftu&ubon ^octette* 



EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 



Edited by T. GILBERT PEARSON, Secretary 



Address all correspondence, and send all remittances for dues and contributions, to 

 the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City 



William Dutcher, President 

 Theodore S. Palmer, First Vice-President T. Gilbert Pearson, Secretary 

 F. A. Lucas, Second Vice-President Jonathan D wight, Jr., Treasurer 



Any person, club, school, or company in sympathy with the objects of this Association may be- 

 come a member, and all are welcome. 



Classes of Membership in the National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of 

 Wild Birds and Animals: 



$5.00 annually pays for a Sustaining Membership 

 Sioo.oo paid at one time constitutes a Life Membership 

 $1,000.00 constitutes a person a Patron 

 $5,000.00 constitutes a person a Founder 

 $25,000.00 constitutes a person a Benefactor 



The Dommerich Fund 



In the issue of Bird-Lore for July- 

 August, 191 2, there was printed a notice 

 of the death of L. F. Dommerich, who for 

 many years as a member of this Associa- 

 tion and as President of the Florida State 

 Audubon Society had taken a deep 

 interest in the work of wild-bird and 

 animal conservation. It seems especially 

 appropriate, therefore, that his children 

 should plan to continue in a measure the 

 good efforts of their father in this direc- 

 tion. These heirs, consisting of Mrs. Paula 

 W. Seidenburg, A. L. Dommerich, L. W. 

 Dommerich, and O. L. Dommerich, have 

 recently made a contribution of $5,000 

 to the Endowment Fund of the National 

 Association of Audubon Societies, the 

 income of which is to be used for the 

 cause of bird protection in the state of 

 Florida. Their action is indeed gratifying, 

 and we are sure the announcement of their 

 donation will please all those who are 

 interested in the preservation of the 

 sorely persecuted wild-bird life of Florida. 

 — T. G. P. 



Feed the Birds 



It- is now midwinter, and the snow and 

 ice prevailing over a large part of our 

 country means a great hardship for the 

 birds which are good enough to stay in 

 such localities, and not fly away to the 



South. Let everyone who can, be sure to 

 show their appreciation of their little 

 feathered neighbors by supplying food 

 for them where it can be readily secured. 

 Mr. E. H. Forbush, the New England 

 Agent of the Association, who has had 

 much experience with feeding birds, 

 recently wrote: 



"Such foods as we may be able to offer 

 birds will be used by them mainly as a 

 makeshift at times when their natural 

 food-supply is short, and for this reason, 

 when we begin feeding the supply must 

 be constant during the winter months, 

 or we shall fail to accomplish our object. 

 The birds may desert our artificial feeding- 

 places during fine weather; but if the 

 supply is kept up, and in the right way, 

 they will surely find it in inclement 

 weather, when they most need it. 



"The objection so often urged, that in 

 feeding the birds we shall pauperize them, 

 should have no weight, as insect-eating 

 birds always prefer their natural food to 

 anything that we may be able to supply 

 them; but by feeding birds in winter we 

 may save their lives at times when snow 

 and ice have covered their natural food- 

 supply. 



"No one is so poor that he cannot feed 

 the birds, for, if nothing else offers, chaff, 

 hayseed, meat trimmings and scraps will 

 answer every purpose. If the trimmings 

 are all utilized in the home, it is a poor 

 butcher who will not give the children a 



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