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trips have been enjoyed throughout the year. We have distriljuted Ijird litera- 

 ture whenever practical. ^Mrs. Dean Terry, one of our active members, ran a 

 series of bird articles and a bird identification contest in one of the local papers, 

 and we have published a few bird articles in other local papers during the year. 

 The changing exhibit in the glass case at the public library has been much 

 appreciated by the public. Our most important accjuisition this year is a set 

 of beautiful slides of western birds purchased from the Oregon Audubon 

 Society. They are to be congratulated for their success in accomplishing so 

 fine, and to us western bird students, so important a piece of work. We are 

 thankful to have real western bird pictures at last. — (Mrs.) C. N. Compton, 

 President. 



Societe Provencher d'Histoire Naturelle du Canada. — Our Society believes 

 that the best means of arriving at its goal is to imitate the National Asso- 

 ciation of Audubon Societies by creating a great National movement through 

 our educational institutions. Our young Society, still under organization, has 

 had to act in several emergency cases, and has to its credit practical work that 

 has produced good results. We have sent personal letters to 300 hunters, 

 explaining the provisions of the Migratory Bird Treaty. We have distributed 

 illustrated leaflets on the Canada Goose, furnished us by the Dominion Parks 

 Branch. We have made an investigation on the spot regarding the war being 

 carried on against the Eider Duck and have posted extracts from the law in 

 public places — railroad stations, post ofifices, churches, etc. We have also 

 reported infractions of the game laws and distributed much interesting litera- 

 ture on natural history to over 4,000 children in the schools. Our recent report 

 in the form of prospectus has been printed in English and French. It contains 

 many half-tone illustrations and nine colored plates of birds containing two 

 subjects, each painted by Hennessey. — Joseph Matte, Secretary. 



South Bend (Ind.) Humane Society. — The Society held a poster contest in 

 the spring in which 2,000 school children participated. A number of the posters 

 were entered in the National contest. W^e awarded thirty-two prizes, a large 

 proportion of which dealt with the protection of the birds. We also presented 

 in public, a number of times, our bird pictures, together with short talks. 



We are erecting a large bulletin board 7 feet square on one of the most 

 prominent highways of the city, with the words: 'Be Kind to Animals and 

 Birds, ' printed in prominent artistic type. We believe we are the first Society 

 to inaugurate a bulletin board of this character. — H. A. Pershing, Secretary. 



Stanton Bird Club (Maine). — In the past year we have held eight regular 

 meetings at which talks were given by speakers with special knowledge of their 

 subjects: Three picnic suppers, several Sunday afternoon winter walks, and 

 twenty-eight morning bird-walks from March to June. We have fifty-four 



