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The Texas Audubon Soticly lias i^ained ihc ifs])f(l and admiraliou of the 

 entire law-abiding population of Texas, and we hope and bclicxc ih;i! the next 

 legislature will provide revenues sufficient for the support of a fully effective 

 warden svstem. With the limited means at their disposal. Col. R. 11. Wood, 

 the state warden, and Capl. R. \\ . Lorence, chief deputy warden, have accom- 

 plished wonders, and have demonstrated that with ade(|uate means they would 

 be able to convert Te.xas into a vast and princely bird and game preserve, the 

 greatest preserve on the i)lanet. — M. B. Ua\is, Sctrrtaiy. 



Vermont. In i'cl)ruar\-, i<;oS, the Audubon Socii^iy of WTmont was reorgan- 

 ized with the following otlicers: President, Prof. J. W. \oicy, University of Ver- 

 mont, Burlington; secretary, Carlton D. Howe, Essex Junction; treasurer Miss 

 Emma E. Drew, BurUngton; first vice-president, Mrs. E. B. Davenport, Brattle- 

 boro; second vice-president. Miss Cora I. Tarbox, Essex Junction. 



Since reorganization, the secretary has given forty-four bird talks and lec- 

 tures, thirty-eight before school children in as many different schools, tw^o before 

 Teachers' Conventions, one before a meeting of School Superintendents, one 

 before a Bird Club, and one each before an Epworth League and a Missionary 

 Institute. 



Over three thousand Audubon Leaflets have been distrilnited, chietly to 

 teachers, in all parts of the state. 



The biennial session of the legislature convenes this month. An effort will 

 be made to strengthen the existing bird law by placing certain unprotected l)ird> 

 upon the protected list. 



An increased interest in bird study and an increase of sentiment toward bird 

 protection is noticeable among the general public, especially among educators 

 and school children. 



There has been an increase in membersliip in both dei)artments. The So- 

 cietv in Burlington nt)w numl)ers 500 members. — Carltox D. Howe, Sec- 

 retary. 



Washington. — I find that the conditions of this state are rapidly changing 

 for better bird protection, and the laws of this state are fairly well observed. I 

 also find that game wardens throughout the principal counties of this state are 

 doing evervthing in their power to help enforce the laws for the protection of 

 both game- and song-birds. 



I have made arrangements with the public schools in Seattle, and will endeavor 

 to do the same in other cities of this state, for the building of nesting-bo.xes. 



The pamphlets you sent me some time ago are being distributed to the several 

 manual-training departments of the public schools throughout this state. I have 

 in this city kindred organizations that are constantly furnishing aid along tiiese 

 lines. 



While our state organization is not so strong as I sliould like to have it. I 



