Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-01
THE AUDUBON SOCIETY
PROGRAM OF OUT OF DOOR MEET
INGs ANNOUNCED.
Course Mapped Out That is Designed
to Promote Interest in
Living Birds.

At meeting of the Audubon Society
Wednesday night, held at the Friends Sc
lect School, DR.. Newman of the First Con-
gregational Church. Judge Barnard of the
Supreme Court of the District and Mr.. Ar
thur H. Howell and DR.. r. s. Palmer of the
Department of Agriculture were the prin-
cipal speakers. Interesting personal ex-
periences in the pursuit of closer acquaint-
ance with birds formed the subject of the
addresses of the first three gentlemen,
while Dr. Palmer read and explained con-
tract made by the Millinery Merchants
Protective Association of New York with
the Audubon Society of that state in which
the wholesale milliners of New York agree
to take active measures to suppress the
trade in gulls. terms, grebes, humming
birds egrets herons American pelicans
and song birds This, DR.. Palmer said, is
notable triumph of the principles for
which the Audubon societies stand
The Field Meetings..
The May field meeting of the society has
been planned for this year, heretofore,
so as to give opportunity for spending the
morning, afternoon or the whole day in the
field. Tie parties to go out will be under
the direction of trained ornithologists, and
turn to Washington can be made in time
to allow the members to reach their homes
by o'clock. These out-of-door meetings
are designed to arouse as well as to fur-
Their interest in the study of living b1rds,
and are open to ali who care to join them.
Members of the society have been invited
to bring their friends with them.
At Four-Mile Run.
The first outing is to take place tomor-
xr,th iv,ol pI6n n
walk of three miles along the Military
road starting from Rock creek at the Mil
itary bridge. In the afternoon the party
will return to the Military bridge and pro-
coed thence to Brightwood avenue at the
District line, walk of four and a halr
miles, The second outing will be held
next Saturday, May 8, at Four-Mile Rum
A short ride will take the party to it's
destination, where the day will be spent
in rambling along Four-Mile Run and
about the region through which it passes.
This locality is well known to ornitholog-
lists of Washington as one of the best
places for birds in the vicinity
Saturday, May 16, the day will be spent
at Falls Church A ride of half an hour
will bring the party to Falls Church, when
it will be Joined by members of the newly
organized Falls Church Audubon Society
visit to Munson's Hill may be one of the
features of the day.
The Last of the Series.
The fourth outing will be held Saturday,
May %, and the society will go to Great
Falls for the day
A chartered launch will leave George
town at 32d street and the canal at 8, re-
turning about 6.
The number that can be accommodated
on this trip is necessarily limited to sixty;
those, therefore, who desire to go are re-
quested to record their names with the
chairman of the committee on field meet
ings, Henry Oldys Department of Agri-
culture. This trip will be spent mainly
on board the launch though there will
be opportunity for walking while the boat
is passing through the locks, and in some
cases while it is going from lock to lock.
The latter part of the way offers some
very picturesque scenery. A stay of two
hours will be made at the falls. This trip
is one of botanical as well as pathological