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Honorary \'icc-president, Mrs. Frank K. Sturgis, a fair for tlie benefit of the 

 Society has recently been held in Lenox. 



We issued the new certificate last fall, and it has met with much favor. With 

 the exception of the Annual Report, the Society has published no Leaflet during 

 the year, using those of the National Association almost exclusively. 



The Annual meeting last ^larch was a notable affair. Mr. Louis Agassiz 

 Fuertes gave a fascinating talk, illustrated by off-hand sketches of the birds, in 

 color, 'with whistled imitations of their songs, to the delight of the large 

 audience. 



The work done among the school children by the Local Secretaries in the 

 following towns deserves especial mention: Auburn, Fonda, Oneida, Ossining, 

 Hudson, Binghamton, Glean. The work is also well under way in Orange county, 

 under the charge of competent Local Secretaries. 



The Buffalo Society has now organized with its own Executive Committee, 

 and the sj)irit of utmost cooperation with the State Society is shown. Through 

 their aid, the interests of bird protection in the western portion of the state should 

 develop rapidly, and, with this efficient support, our next "Francis Bill" may 

 become a law of the state. 



The present total membership is 10,536. 



The indications are that the coming season will show a great increase in the 

 study of birds in the schools. — Emma H. Lockwood, Secretary. 



New Jersey. — A request for a report of the work done by the Xew Jersey 

 Audubon Society during the past year seems strikingly like an order for bricks 

 without straw, inasmuch as the Secretary has so little material at her command 

 for such a report. 



All we can say is that the law for birds and the interest in birds is still here. 

 As time goes on, methods of work have to be changed; and, while we do not make 

 so many yearly additions to our membership as of yore, yet more and more chil- 

 dren are reached through the influence of those who have been stirred to action 

 in the past. Educational Leaflets have been distributed, and letters written in 

 response to inquiries, but little has been done, to our knowledge, in the way of 

 legislative work. 



The Secretary would be much pleased if application could be made to her 

 for leaflets or other literature, and she would be (ielighte<l to sui)ply any such 

 demand. — Jui.i.x S. ScRiiixiiR, Secretary. 



La Rue Holmes Xature Lovers^ League, Xew Jersey. — The first lecture of the 

 movement for the protection of nature, known as the LaRue Holmes Nature 

 Lovers' League, was given b\ Mr. William Dutcher of the National Audubon 

 Society, in March, 1906. 



The League movement is not a memorial, t)ut sim])ly a continuation of work 

 begun by its originator, whose name wu^ given to the organization by the Board 

 of Directors, after his death. 



