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counties. We have added 53 adults and 2,i()i children to our membership 

 list, and have distributed 14,055 leaflets. 



Our four libraries, five sets of mounted jiictures, and two lectures, have 

 been "busy here and there", though by no means reaching the limit of their 

 possible usefulness. These are all generously given house by the Chicago 

 Academy of Sciences, which is doing fine work for birds on the same lines, 

 largely through the instrumentahty of Prof. Frank Baker, Mr. Frank M. 

 WoodrutT, and Dr. Pepoon, all of whom we are fortunate enough to count 

 among our officers. 



A programme for Arbor and Bird Day, prepared, as last year, at the 

 request of the Women's Outdoor League, was drawn up by Mr. John M. 

 Blakeley, and 1,500 copies were sent to schools and clubs. We have printed 

 a fist of our 251 sustaining and active members, but have published no new 

 leaflets. 



From the Society of the District of Columbia we are purchasing and dis- 

 tributing, as often as they appear, the excellent leaflets by Mr. Oldys, 'Current 

 Items of Interest.' We have added to our equipment two sets of lantern 

 slides, taken from the fine series of the Enghsh Society — 'The Story of the 

 Egret." 



These pictures were exhibited at our annual meeting on May 7, and told 

 their sad story silently and powerfully. At this meeting we had with us Prof. 

 Francis H. Herrick, who gave an interesting and beautifully illustrated lecture 

 on 'Instinct and Intelligence in Wild Birds.' 



Our financial showing we consider to our credit as long as we keep our 

 expenses well within the bounds of our receipts, but it is a question whether 

 it is to the credit of this great state of Illinois that the money contributed for 

 this important work is so small a sum. However, our receipts, amounting to 

 $582.90, were a decided improvement over most years, and are therefore 

 a more cheerful subject than usual. Our expenses were $460. 17. 



The new Illinois game-law went into effect July, 1909. The open season 

 for Quail has been shortened to twenty-eight days; the bag limit for Quail 

 has been reduced from fifteen to twelve; for Ducks, from twenty to fifteen, 

 and, for Geese and Brant, from twenty to ten. Snipe and Plover can no longer 

 be sold. All kinds of Hawks, useful or otherwise, have been placed on the 

 unprotected list; as are also the Blue Jays, those birds of beauty and quick 

 wit, few faults and many virtues. 



Our Board of Directors met a serious loss and personal sorrow through the 

 death, in February, 1910, of John F. Ferry. He was an enthusiastic bird stu- 

 dent, and his scientific career seemed full of promise and we hoped much for 

 his future as an ornithologist. On our Board he was always sympathetic and 

 helpful, and his early death has cast a somber shadow over our year's work. 



In closing, I would like to speak of a book — 'A Manual of Moral and 

 Humane Education,' by Mrs. Flora Helen Krause, of the Chicago Anti- 



