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Texas, under the auspices of the Museum and Scientific Society of that city, 

 and delivered an illustrated lecture, which was enthusiastically received. This 

 lecture did a great deal of good, and the Secretary was elected an honorary 

 member of the Society for life. Before leaving Houston, the Secretary appeared 

 before the commercial and industrial grganizations, and continued in the field, 

 lecturing at many smaller cities in the state, and concluding the summer 

 course with a series of lectures before the Te.xas Farmers' Congress, which 

 meets annually at College Station. The chief address on this occasion was 

 an illustrated one, delivered before the main body of the Farmers' Congress. 

 The same had been done annually for five years, and the result has been that 

 the farmers of Texas ha\e become \'ery greatly interested in bird protection, 

 and have combined Audubon work with their institute work throughout the 

 state. The Texas Audubon Society is now affiliated with the Texas Con- 

 servation Congress, the Texas Farmers' Congress, the Texas Cotton Growers' 

 Association, and the Texas Corn Growers' Association. An Audubon lecture 

 is permanently made a part of the program of the annual meetings of those 

 important bodies. After the adjournment of the Farmers' Congress, traveling 

 in an automobile, lectures were delivered at thirty of the smaller towns, and 

 at no time during the year was correspondence neglected. The last important 

 lecture before a large body occurred in Waco on September 30, before the 

 Women's Christian Temperance Union of Texas. The work is in active pro- 

 gress now in the fruit districts, of which Tyler is the center, and it will be 

 continued actively, winding up the year at the Dallas Fair and State Expo- 

 sition, which brings together one hundred thousand citizens of Texas. The 

 Texas Audubon Society feels a sense of having performed its duty, and will 

 go forward .with the work, intending to appear before the next legislature 

 with a strong committee to secure increased revenues for warden service, 

 and important amendments to the bird and game laws. — M. B. Davis, Sec- 

 retary. 



Virginia. — During the past year, seventy new members have been added 

 to the Society; two bills for the protection of the Robin and the Dove were 

 prepared and presented to the legislature. An exhibit was held again this 

 year at the State Fair, and leaflets distributed. 



By the appropriation from Mrs. Russell Sage's gift to the Audubon work, 

 Miss Katharine H. Stuart of Alexandria was appointed Field Agent. 



Meetings have been called, from time to time, to discuss plans for advan- 

 cing the interests of the Society. — I. G. Fitzpatrick, Recordim;, Secretary. 



Wisconsin. — The Wisconsin Audubon Society has added to its roll a num- 

 ber of regular, annual and sustaining members. At the beginning of the year, 

 Mr. Frederick C. Brandenburg succeeded Mr. Thomas R. Moyle as editor 

 of the Society's official magazine, 'By the Wayside,' and the place of publi- 



