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"for the rehabilitating of the State Department of Game and Fish Protection. 

 Mr. WiUiam L. Finley, who for several years has been the President of the 

 Oregon Audubon Society, and the Pacific Coast representative of this Asso- 

 ciation, has recently accepted the position of State Game Warden under most 

 flattering circumstances. 



Details of the splendid legislative work accomplished in New England 

 will be found in the report of Field Agent, Mr. E. H. Forbush, and by reading 

 the statements submitted by the Secretaries of the various New England 

 State Audubon Societies. 



In Florida, North CaroUna, South CaroUna, Tennessee, Texas, North 

 Dakota, and elsewhere, the voices of the Audubon workers have been heard 

 in legislative lobbies and committee-rooms. 



To give a detailed statement of all the plans and operations in which the 

 Association has taken part the past year, looking to the strengthening of the 

 bird- and game-protective laws in America, or in defending from attack the 

 •existing statutes, would require space much greater than we are permitted 

 to occupy at this time. This brief resume, however, may serve to show some- 

 thing of the scope of our legislative activities. 



FIELD AGENTS AND OTHER WORKERS 



During the year, four field agents have been employed. These were Mr. 

 E. H. Forbush, in New England; Mr. William L. Finley, on the Pacific Coast; 

 Captain M. B. Davis, in Texas; and Miss Katharine H. Stuart, in Virginia. 

 The efforts of all have been attended with splendid results, and their reports, 

 to be presented later, will be found of great interest. Several other workers 

 have been employed for short periods, or have volunteered their services on 

 special missions. These include Mr. James Henry Rice, Jr., of South 

 Carolina, and Mr. Stephen Bruner, of North Carolina, who rendered good 

 service in searching out Egret colonies. Mr. Rice also gave many public 

 lectures. 



Dr. W. A. Flecker was supplied with a number of stereopticon slides, 

 which he used in giving ninety lectures on bird protection throughout southern 

 Virginia. 



Prof. R. J. H. DeLoach, of Georgia, has spoken in Tennessee, as well as 

 his own state, and has done good work in organizing Junior Audubon 

 Societies. 



Mr. Arthur H. Norton, of Portland, Maine, accompanied your Secretary 

 in July on an exhaustive trip of inspection to the protected bird colonies along 

 the coast of Maine. 



Mr. Howard H. Cleaves and Mr. Francis Harper visited and reported on 

 the colonies of birds we are protecting, on Gardiner's Island, New York, 

 and along the coast of Virginia. 



