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The committee formed to take charge of the project consists of Dr. 
Harry C. Oberholser, Chairman, representing the American Ornithol- 
ogists’ Union; Mr. Percival B. Coffin, of Chicago, representing the 
Wilson ‘Ornithological Club; and Mr. Harry Harris, of Eagle Rock, 
California, representing the Cooper Ornithological Club. Represent- 
atives who will head committees in the various states of the union and 
in Canada, for the raising of the fund necessary, are now being appointed 
and will be announced in the near future. 
At the last A. O. U. meeting held in New York the question of Mr. 
Ridgway’s service to the country and to ornithology was discussed 
and without any opposition it was decided that a fund should be raised 
sufficient to provide some income for Mr. and Mrs. Ridgway during 

Photograph by Norman McClintock 
A Group oF Visirors AT LARCHMOUND 
their lives, as well as to the perpetual care of Bird Haven, Mr. Ridgway’s 
wonderful place near Olney, Illinois. 
To this end a committee has been appointed and a Board of Trustees 
selected to raise the necessary funds and provide for their proper 
investment. 
The Fund Committee will plan a campaign covering every State in 
the Union, and an opportunity will be given for all bird lovers to con- 
tribute according to their ability, towards raising this fund and thereby 
proving the appreciation of those who know of Mr. and Mrs. Ridgway 
