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of bad weather, the room was crowded all 

 dav, and many hats were sold. The news- 

 papers reported it with illustrations : the 

 milliners were pleased ; and the Audubon 

 Society was talked about with renewed 

 interest. 



The Society has purchased the pub- 

 lisher's stock of the Audubon Calendar 

 colored plates, without the Calendar num- 

 bers, and are offering them for sale at 25 

 cents for the set of twelve. 



The large sale of the chart is very 

 satisfactory, about 1,200 having been sold 

 since Christmas. Appreciative letters are 

 daily received, and the school teachers 

 especially commend it. 



New circulars have been purchased for 

 distribution, from the University of Ne- 

 braska and Cornell University; also "A 

 Letter to the Clergy," republished by the 

 Wisconsin Society. 



Harriet E. Richards, Sec' v. 



CONNECTICUT SOCIETY 



The second annual meeting of the 

 society took place on June i, in the 

 United Church Chapel, New Haven 

 Conn., and was largely attended. It being 

 part of the policy of the Society to hold 

 its public meetings each year in different 

 parts of the state. 



The president made a short address, 

 outlining the work for the coming season, 

 which will include ; ( t ) the consideration 

 of a practical method for destroying the 

 English Sparrow, as. a bird distinctly 

 injurious to song birds and others having 

 agricultural value ; (2) an effort to ob- 

 tain legislation to stop the spring shooting 

 of shore and water birds ; (3) the addi- 

 tion to the societies' equipment of several 

 small libraries of bird books, to be circu- 

 lated free throughout the state where 

 there are no public libraries, after the 

 manner of the lecture outfits ; (4) the 

 addition of an illustrated lecture suitable 

 for small children. 



The report of the corresponding secre- 

 tary-treasurer showed a membership in the 

 various classes of 814; also, receipts oi 

 over $500 during the year, no debts, and 

 a balance in the treasury. 



The chairman of the committee on free 

 lectures reported the great success of the 

 undertaking. The two lectures, "Birds 

 about Home," by Mrs. Wright, and 

 "Some Facts about Birds that Concern 

 the Farmer," by Willard G. Van Name, 

 having been out over fifty times since 

 early spring. These lectures, accom- 

 panied by sets of colored slides and oil- 

 lanterns, are loaned free to any responsi- 

 ble person within state limits, and the 

 Granges have lately taken them up with 

 results most gratifying to the Society. 



A few changes were made in the man- 

 agement at the election of officers. Mrs. 

 H. S. Glover, the first corresponding secre- 

 tary and treasurer, having resigned, re- 

 ceived a hearty vote of thanks for her 

 work, and Mrs. Wm. Brown Glover was 

 elected as general secretary in her stead, 

 Mrs. Howard H. Knapp being elected 

 treasurer. 



The event of the meeting was the lec- 

 ture by Mr. F. M. Chapman, upon Pho- 

 tography as an Aid to Bird Study, all 

 the beautifully colored slides used as 

 illustrations having been photographed 

 from life. 



The detailed annual report of the So- 

 ciety's work will be mailed upon applica- 

 tion. Helen W. Glover, Scc\v. 



TENNESSEE SOCIETY 

 It is with great satisfaction that we 

 report the organization in the court 

 house at Ripley on May 26, of the Au- 

 dubon Society of the State of Tennessee. 

 Without the assistance of the southern 

 states, the work of the northern section 

 of the country must necessarily be ham- 

 pered by the inability to protect the 

 birds in their winter haunts and during 

 the migrations. 



It is also gratifying to note the com- 

 mon sense basis upon which the society 

 is founded, the president, having stated in 

 his initial address, that "the society had 

 for its leading object the creation of a 

 public opinion that would secure legislation 

 in the interest of bird protection, that 

 would spare our birds from threatened 

 extinction. " 



