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 220 Bird- Lore President, Mr. John B. Henderson, Jr., Washington, D. C; secretary, Mrs. Fred- erick E. Town, Glencariyn, Virginia. At a subsequent meeting the following honorary vice-presidents were elected: Gen. S. S. Burdett, Glencariyn, Vir- ginia; Maj. Wm. M. King, CJlencariyn, Virginia; Mr. Paul Bartsch, Washington, D. C; Dr. T. S. Palmer, Washington, D. C. Also, an executive committee was formed consisting of Mr. Wm. C. Pennwitt, Chair- man, Dr. Wm. M. Backus, Mr. Charles H. Lane, Miss Mary L. King, Mrs. James Plant and Miss E. V. Pennwitt, all of Glencariyn, Virginia. Miss Pennwitt was appointed librarian. In addition a committee has been ap- pointed to investigate the present status of the laws of V'irginia relating to the protec- tion of birds. The Glencariyn Society may be said to be the outgrowth of a meeting of the Wash- ington Society, held in the village by invi- tation of the citizens, and is indebted to the parent Society for a number of valuable do- nations to its library. The new Society, it is hoped, will be a thriving one, as the members are most en- thusiastic, and the environment of the vil- lage very favorable to bird-life. One field meeting was held under the leadership of Mr. Bartsch. Juliet B. G. Town, Secretary. Florida Audubon Society Owing to the fact that many of the officers and members of the Executive Committee of the Florida Audubon Society are winter residents of the state, meetings are not held during the summer months, but the secre- tary takes charge of the business in corre- spondence with members of the Executive Committee at the north. In Orange county the School Committee have agreed that once a week during the school term half-hour bird-talks shall be given in the schools, the Audubon Society giving one hundred "Hints to Bird Study," published by the Massachusetts Society as a text-book for teachers. They also have Bulletin 54, sent by Dr. Palmer, while the Superintendent of Schools is to aid us by giving talks on birds. A bird chart of distinctly southern birds would be of the greatest help and inspire interest in the children. The American Or- nithologists' Union sent us two hundred printed posters of the laws of 1901 for bird protection; many of these were posted in the various towns near Maitland, while some were sent to Audubon members at West Palm Beach. Many more will be distributed by our various officers throughout the state early in December, before the tide of travel begins. A parcel was sent to the west coast this autumn, for in spite of all warnings in September the rookery at Bird Key was destroyed. Two hundred posters have been sent to the Superintendents of the South- ern Express Company, who have been in- structed by President O'Brien to have them in the most conspicuous places in the express offices. The Society, since its organization in 1900, has been dependent for all its leaflets on the New York Society, but I take mich pleas- ure in reporting that in December the Florida Audubon Society will send out seven leaflets of its own, the manuscripts being generously contributed by members of the Society, the printing of the first edi- tion being a gift from a member. We have in these a letter to members of the Audubon Society by our beloved president, the late Rt. Rev. H. B. Whipple, Bishop of Min- nesota; a letter to the boys and girls of the Audubon Society, by Mrs. Whipple; Florida Birds Worth their Weight in Gold, by Mr. Kirk Munroe, our honorary vice- president; A Sudden Friendship, by Mrs. Annie Trumbull Slosson, a vice-president; reprinted from Bird-Lore by permission of Mrs. Slosson and Mr. Chapman ; The Rights of the Man Versus the Bird, by Miss Rose E. Cleveland, also a vice-presi- dent of the Society; John James Audubon, by Mrs. Kingsmill Marrs, of the Executive Committee, and also from her a leaflet for little children, called Katie's Pledge. We hope by these to arouse great interest in our w'ork during the coming winter. — Mrs. Kingsmii.i. M.^rrs, for Executive Committee.