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that, for the entire library of 261 books, the circulation during the year has 

 been 2,800. 



Bi-monthly meetings of the directors have been held at Brown University, 

 followed by open lectures for the Society and its friends. The following sub- 

 jects have been presented: 'Habits of Some of Our Common Birds, and the 

 Triumphs of Bird Protection,' by Herbert K. Job; 'Herons and Egrets,' by 

 Robert C. Murphy; 'Bird Life along our Coast,' by Clinton G. Abbott. These 

 different lines of educational work have aroused more than a passing interest 

 in bird study and bird Hfe. This is the best assurance of a larger and more 

 efficient membership in the future. — Alice W. Wilcox, Secretary. 



South Carolina. — At the annual meeting of the State Audubon Society, 

 last November, Mr. B. F. Taylor, who had organized the Society, and to whom 

 chief credit was due for success, was forced by pressure of business to give up 

 the presidency. The Society saw him go with regret, and resolutions were 

 passed, attesting appreciation of his valued service. 



Mr. Mortimer O. Dantzler, a business man of wide connections in Orange- 

 burg, and a man of force in the community, was elected Mr. Taylor's successor, 

 and has discharged his delicate and embarrassing duties with satisfaction 

 to all concerned. Secretary Rice and Treasurer Heyward were reelected unani- 

 mously, and Mr. W. H. Gibbes, the present mayor of Columbia, was made 

 Vice-president. Mr. Gibbes is a grandson of Dr. Robert W. Gibbes, who 

 collaborated with Audubon and Bachman, and was an eminent bird-lover 

 of his day. 



The Society drafted bills for the General Assembly, for the purpose of 

 making uniform the bird-protective laws, for protecting game fish, for a resi- 

 dent license, and for the creation of the office of Game Commissioner. A bag 

 limit of twenty-five Partridges (Quail) and twenty-five Doves, twelve Wood- 

 cock and two Turkeys, was made law. Cold storage, except in private dwell- 

 ings, was prohibited under heavy penalty. Buying, as well as selling, game 

 and game-birds was forbidden. No protection was given to Ducks, and their 

 shipment out of the state was allowed, as well as the shipment of Bobolinks, 

 known locally as 'Rice-birds.' But the buying and selling of venison were 

 prohibited, for the first time. Berkeley county was exempted from the pro- 

 visions of the law, through the work of politicians. Game fish may be taken 

 only with rod and line at all seasons, and sale is not permitted from March 

 to November, unless the party offering them is prepared to prove that said 

 fish were taken with rod and line. The office of Chief Game Warden was cre- 

 ated, but the wording of the act prevented the officer from qualifying until 

 the meeting of the Senate in January, 1911. The law puts the nomination 

 in the hands of the Audubon Society, and Secretary Rice was appointed by 

 the Governor on their recommendation. 



The resident license did not fare so well. When the general assembly met, 



