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 Audubon Society. 
 
 T HE objects of the Illinois Au¬ 
 dubon Society are the pro¬ 
 tection of wild birds and the 
 creating of an interest in the study 
 of bird life. It is known that such an 
 interest once aroused is lasting and 
 that there are no better friends of 
 the birds than those who have studied 
 their habits and learned their ways. 
 This bird protection movement is far 
 from being purely sentimental in its 
 nature. A serious economical question 
 is involved. The birds are the means 
 of holding in check the ravages of in¬ 
 jurious insects which prey on the 
 crops of the agriculturalists. This fact 
 has been forced home to the farmer 
 
 
and the fruit raiser since the notice¬ 
 able decrease in recent years in the 
 number of insect eating birds. 
 
 The custom of trimming hats with 
 wings and feathers, which prevails so 
 widely, is responsible in a great 
 measure for the thinning of the bird 
 ranks. The Audubon Society be¬ 
 lieves that the wearing of bird plum¬ 
 age as an ornament of dress by the 
 women of the country has been due 
 largely to thoughtlessness and ignor¬ 
 ance of the true value which the 
 living bird is to the community. It is 
 thought also that ignorance prevails 
 as to the cruelty which in some in¬ 
 stances is practiced by the hunters 
 who shoot plumage birds for the mar¬ 
 ket. The securing of the aigrette 
 plume of commerce is marked by par¬ 
 ticular cruelty because the adult her¬ 
 ons from which the aigrette is taken 
 are killed at the nesting season, the 
 young birds, unable to care for them¬ 
 selves, being left to starve in the 
 
and city in the State. It is asked 
 that persons interested in the cause 
 will undertake the forming of affili¬ 
 ated societies in the vicinity of their 
 homes. 
 
 The cost of membership in the so¬ 
 ciety is as follows: 
 
 Membership fee.* 
 
 Associate membership fee.... 1.00 l annual 
 
 Sustaining members. 
 
 Active members, annually 
 
 I 1.00 
 
 Associate, active and sustaining 
 members receive all the publications 
 of the Illinois Society. 
 
 Any other information touching the 
 society and its work will be given 
 gladly to any one who will write to 
 the secretary of the Illinois Audubon 
 Society, Miss Mary Drummond, 
 Wheaton, Ill. 
 
stringent law for the protection of 
 birds. The statute provides a fine 
 and imprisonment as the penalties for 
 robbing the nest of any wild bird. 
 The same punishment is provided for 
 the killing or having in possession, 
 alive or dead, any birds save those 
 known as game birds, which may be 
 killed in the proper season. No per¬ 
 son under fifteen years of age is 
 allowed to make collections of birds 
 or their eggs and no adult may collect 
 save for scientific purposes and then 
 only after the filing in court of a bond 
 of $200 with two sureties therefor, 
 and the depositing of a certificate 
 signed by two well known scientists 
 to the effect that he is a proper per¬ 
 son to be given the privilege. 
 
 The Illinois Audubon Society 
 earnestly urges that all people to 
 whom bird protection appeals will 
 assist in the work in any way which 
 may suggest itself. It is desired to 
 form branch societies in every town 
 
nests. One aim of this Society there¬ 
 for is to discourage the traffic in 
 plumage and at the same time to in¬ 
 duce people to protect in every way 
 possible the wild birds which lend to 
 our lives so much beauty of color and 
 song. 
 
 The Illinois Audubon Society 
 also desires to reach the children and 
 it hopes that the school teachers in all 
 parts of the state will co-operate with 
 the members in the work which they 
 are trying to do. It is suggested 
 that as a practical way of securing 
 good results Audubon Societies be 
 formed among the pupils. The prac¬ 
 tice of nest robbing common among 
 boys is one of the most fruitful causes 
 of the destruction of bird life. It is 
 believed that this habit can be checked 
 if a humane interest in the birds be 
 aroused. 
 
 It may be stated here as a matter 
 of information that the legislature of 
 the State of Illinois in 1899 passed a 
 
Illinois Audubon Society. 
 
 president: 
 
 Mr. Ruthven Deane, 
 
 30 Michigan Avenue, 
 Chicago. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENTS: 
 
 Mrs. Sam’l Allerton 
 Mrs. Joseph Beifeld 
 Mrs. Emmons Blaine 
 Mrs. William Borden 
 Mrs. D. R. Brower 
 Mrs. J. J. Glessner 
 Mrs. Bryan Lathrop 
 Mrs. A. C. McClurg 
 Mrs. C. H. McCormick 
 Mrs. Walter L. Peck 
 Mrs. R.W. Patterson 
 M rsi J, Yr- S-e- AMM ON 
 
 Mr. J. G. 
 
 Mrs. H. M. Scott I 
 Mrs. Byron L. Smith! 
 Dr. Sarah H. Steven 
 Miss Ada C. Sweet j 
 Mr. Geo. E. Adams j 
 Prof. FrankC. BakefI 
 Prof. D. G. Elliot 
 Prof. S. A. Forbes j 
 Mr. F. H. Head 
 Dr. Emtl G Hirsch -I 
 Mr. C. L. Hutchinso^ 
 Mr. M. A. Ryerson 
 Shortall 
 
 secretary and treasurer: 
 
 Miss Mary Drummond, 
 
 Wheaton , Illinois. 
 
 directors: 
 
 Mrs. S. A. Hubbard 
 
 Mrs. E. S. Adams M rs - . - H. W. Ki ng 
 
 Mrs. J. R. Case Miss-Et-S-, Rumsey | 
 
 Mrs. J.V.Farwell, Jr Miss Kathleen Scud 
 Mr. Orville T. Bright 
 Mr. Edward B. Clark 
 Mr. F. E. Sanford 
 
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