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 The Audubon Societies 39

tion. The society was organized on March tt, t9o2, at the State Normal and Indus» trial College at Greensboro. It ltas since been incorporated under the laws of the state as the North Carolina Audubon So» ciety. for the study of birds and the preser— Thus the object of tlle Society is twofold: the protection of our song»l)irds and the better enforcement of such game regulations as we now have. An attempt is being pltslted to secure better legislation in both these directions.

The otﬁcers of the Society are: President. J. Y Joyner, state superintendent of pub» lic Instruction, Raleigh ; vice-president. Mr. w. H. Blair, president of the Peoples' National Bank. Winston-Salem; secretary, T. (3. Pearson, Greensboro; and treasurer, R. N. Wilson. Guilford College.

There are four classes of membership. Regular members. at a fee of twenty/7 ﬁve cents annually. nllmher at present about three hundred; junior members. who pay ten cents annually, amount to ti e hundred. There are, besides, nearly titty honorary life members and The lite members come in on a single pay- ment of ‘10, while the sustainingr members support the Society to the extent of 55 each. annually.

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That the membership continua ally increases is due to the enthusiastic eﬁorts of Mr. Pearson. the present secre- tary. to whom the Society titres its organi- zation, and who has from the first given it a large share at his time and thought.

There are branch societies in a number of the city schools of the state, and a can» vass of all the schools is to be undertaken in time. It is proposed to put circulating libraries of bird books into the rttral schools of the state wherever it can be done. A considerable amount of literature ill the form of leaﬂets has been sent out. giving sta- tistics and general information about birdsl Classiﬁcation blanks and note-books as aids to bird-study have also been distrib- uted. We are glad to report that the business men of the state, and especially the sportsmen, are becoming interested, and we hope to have more to report later.—R. N. WILSON, ‘Treamrer. _

After further interesting and helpful dis~

cussion of various phases of Audubon work, the committee adjourned, subject to the call of the chairman,

First Annual Report 01 the Audubon Society of Vermont

The ﬁrst annual meetng ot our Society nas held October 3.

During the year regular meetings have been held on the ﬁrst Monday of each month have been well attended and the programs both varied and interesting Meetings of the Board have been held after the regular meetings. and whenever called to consider and act on the business of the Society,

In February, special meetings were are ranged for the junior members. to he held \Vetlnesday afternoons once a month. The school committee gal-e tlle use oi certain school rooms tor the purpose.

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The meet- ings have been very sueeesstnl, and we now have a large junior membership. A number of bird walks been taken timing the sitmntel't They have been rery

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delightful excursions for those who could Our work has been very s tislactory, anti we feel that it has created much interest in bird-study in our Many people have that birds have increased in this vicinity since the organization of the Society.

Two traveling libraries, of nine volumes each, secured : books being donated, the others purchased. These libraries have been sent nut to the district schools in the town, giving much pleasure and stimulating interest in birds and all nature—study.

Our constitution and hy-Iaws have been printed, and we ltave sent otlt copies of them. together with leaﬂets obtained from the Massachusetts and New Hampshire Audubon Our state laws for the protection of birds are very good, and there is a general interest lelt in the pro- tectiun «it song- as well as game-birds in this part of the state. two branch societies one in Putney, the other in Williams ille, and have made eﬁorts to form others throughout the state. We hope the inﬂuence of out

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