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for the study of nature, they are strong factors in maintaining, after it is 

 aroused as well as in arousing, a public sentiment not only in nature study 

 but in bird protection. 



Before it was realized by the watchers of legislation last winter, the Legis- 

 lature passed a law oflfering a bounty on Crows' heads and various Hawks, and 

 also on the eggs. It was too late to prevent the passage of the law, but it was 

 not too late to show the legislators that the law was a vicious one. Hence, 

 these gentlemen did not provide any way of paying the bounty and, as none 

 had been provided in the law itself, no serious harm has been done. In a few 

 cases, men have presented themselves at the county court houses with a supply 

 of Crows' heads, to be told that no bounty could be paid, as no means had been 

 provided for the payment. 



The annual meeting of the Society at Crawfordsville, this spring, was a 

 specially helpful one. Besides four sessions held in the High School Auditorium, 

 and fully attended, bird talks were given in all the schools of Crawfordsville. 

 A new and attractive feature of the annual meeting was the session on Satur- 

 day morning at six-thirty o'clock, when a number of groups of people inter- 

 ested in field study went, with a competent leader, to the fields and woods, 

 and found the birds "at home." — Florence A. How^, Secretary. 



Iowa. — The work of the Iowa Audubon Society, which is, in many respects, 

 a repetition of former years, was carried on largely by correspondence, with 

 headquarters in Waterloo. 



Many earnest workers are located throughout the state, and the officers 

 are greatly indebted to teachers and directors in public schools and colleges, 

 where the economic value of birds is being taught. 



We have been ably represented at the board meetings of the Iowa Fed- 

 eration of Women's Clubs by several enthusiastic workers, among whom are 

 Dr. Margaret Clark, Waterloo, member of the Public Health Committee 

 of the State and General Federation; Miss Maime Weller, Nashua, Chairman 

 of the Conservation Committee; Mrs. W. B. Small, Waterloo, member of the 

 Conservation Committee; Mrs. James B. Diver, Keokuk, prominent worker 

 in club-life. 



A report of the work was given by our President, Mrs. Small, at the last 

 biennial meeting of federated clubs. During the year, she has accomplished 

 much good by circulating the slides and lectures presented to the Audubon 

 Society by Mrs. Hamand, of Schaler. These slides are in almost constant 

 demand. 



The history and records of the Iowa Audubon Society have been compiled 

 by the Secretary, so that all who are interested may see at a glance how the 

 work is conducted. This pamphlet contains a brief history of past work, 

 articles of incorporation, constitution and by-laws, a fist of the common birds 

 of Iowa, by Prof. Charles R. Keyes, Mount Vernon, Iowa, and the laws for 



