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seventy-live colored slides of our native birds. A lecture has been compiled from ‘ Bird-Life ’ to accompany this outfit, which is entrusted to the care of our local secre- taries. who may loan it to responsible per- sons in adjacent towns, Clergvmen, prin— cipalsot schools and directors tit inrnlers' granges already been The only expense to be met is the express» age to the next point of ties ation. as the lantern box is always sent prepaid.

The Society now possesses three sets of colored plates from Mr. Chapman's ‘Bird Life.’ classes. upon application from our local secretaries. Fifty colored wull charts. isa sued by the Massachusetts Audubon Su- ciety, have been distributed among the local secretaries. These may be loaned to schools. to clubs. to lecturers for special they will advance the educational work.

The only new leal'let issued is an espee cially valuable one.—a list of books recom- mended to the bird-student. ‘I‘hts pamph- let was compiled by Mrs. Olive Tltorne Miller. and contains notes describing the contents of each work mentioned, to guide the purchaser. Altogether. over t7.3.to leaﬂets and law posters have been distrihe uted since the last report. March. toot.

Ten meetings of the Executive Committee have been held. with Mr. Chapman as chairman.

have interested,

These are loanetl for work in

occasions, wherever serve to

In November. [90]. the New York So— ciety had the pleasure at welcoming delegates front eleven other Audubon

Societies to the second Audubon Confer» ence. held in the Natural History. ference was the formation of a National Committee of Audubon Societies. of which our own delegate to this committee. Mr. Dutcher. has been the able chairman for the past year. This National is particularly valuable in securing prompt concerted action in any matter of national import. It is a pillar of strength to the cause of bird protection.

Eleven new local secretaries have been added to our list. making the present num- ber sixty-eight. The fidelity of these local

American Museum of The result of this con-

Committee

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secretaries cannot be too highly cont- They are watching conditions in all parts of the state, and sowing the cdu~ cational seed in communities utterly callous tn the cause of bird protection: they are tanning bands of little converts. keeping the work by - Bird Talks;' organizing classes and taking them otlt to the woods. and ﬁelds: all of this often at mttch personal saerltiee of time. as many of them are teachers. or in other busy walks of life.

With the cooperation of the American Museum of Natural History. the Linnaean Society and the Audubon Society. last spring. Saturday afternoon talks were given to teachers at the Museum. The class was lteltl tor eight consecutive weeks. and was enjoyed by an audience of one hundred and seventyeﬁve or two hundred teachers.

The present total membership of the Society is now 3.4m. and this constant ex-

mended.

them interested in

pansitm of the inﬂuence of the Society ‘I go hand in hand with of income. The mid means of support comes from the annual dues of the sustain~ ing members.

tnt increase

I would most earnestly urge all members and friends oi the Society to use the utmost possible eﬁort to increase this class of membership. Much has been If our work i. now to be put to the test. we mtlst not fail for lack of funds. The New York Audubon Society must ape peal to each loyal member to manifest in its service courage. constant effort and an abiding sense of personal. individual re-

gained.

sponsihility for the welfare of the bird! EMMA H. Locxu'uul). Sen‘zlary.

Third Annual Conference of Audubon Societies

The Third Conference of Audubon Societies, held in Washington. D. C.. No~ vember to and 20. tgoz, was a marked success. 'I‘hrough the efforts of the District of Columbia society an excellent program was prepared. The proceedings of the conference were. consequently, well~directed and attended by deﬁnite results.

A public session of the societies for the consideration of papers on educational

methods in Audubon work was held in