440 Bird -Lore 



A new venture was sending, the past week, an educational exhibit to the 

 Danbury Fair, one of the chief expositions held annually in the state. 



We were allotted a table in the tent of the Fairfield County Farm Bureau, 

 where special attention was paid to food conservation, and a presentation of the 

 economic value of bird-life was particularly appropriate. A little panorama 

 of bird-life in natural settings showed the shore-birds that may and may not be 

 shot, the upland game-birds, useful Hawks and Owls, predaceous Hawks, and a 

 group of song and insect-eating birds that are most frequently shot by foreign- 

 born poachers. Each group was clearly labeled. There was also an exhibit of 

 bird-houses that have been used in the Sanctuary, together with birds of the 

 species that occupied them, and specimens of the berries to be found in the 

 Sanctuary, fastened to large cards, and plainly named. Beside this table. Miss 

 Hurd had an exhibit of the leaflets of the National Association, which she dis- 

 tributed, samples of the lantern-slides which she used in our free lectures, copies 

 of Bird-Lore, and 3,000 circulars describing the work of the Connecticut 

 Audubon Society, the National Association, and the work of the Junior Audu- 

 bon Societies and the manner of forming these groups. This idea proved very 

 successful, a constant stream of visitors being about the exhibit, which intro- 

 duced the work to many thousands of people otherwise unreachable. — Helen 

 W. Glover, Secretary. 



District of Columbia Audubon Society. — At our annual meeting held 

 on January 19, we had the pleasure of listening to a delightful, illustrated 

 lecture by Dr. Arthur A. Allen, his subject being 'Studies of Common Birds.' 



On March 28, a most enthusiastic audience greeted Ernest Harold Baynes, 

 when he told us some of his own charming experiences in attracting the wild 

 birds and made us all feel that we wanted to do the same thing. 



Mrs. Florence Merriam Bailey led five most interesting and well-attended 

 Bird-Study Classes. These were followed by our usual 'outings,' six in number 

 this year, and with a larger attendance and greater variety of birds being 

 observed than ever before. For a number of years we have had what we call 

 our Honor Roll, composed of those who go on all the walks. It was Prof. 

 Wells W. Cooke's kindly custom to invite the members of the Honor Roll on 

 an extra trip, ending at the 'Wick-i-up,' his cabin at Viresco, a few miles out 

 of Washington. For the past two years his sister and daughter have continued 

 this generous hospitality, and the accompanying photograph shows some of us 

 who were fortunate enough to be there this spring. 



May 18 was the twentieth anniversary of the founding of our Society, it 

 being the eighth to be formed in the United States. This year we celebrated 

 our birthday by giving a reception to the founder of our Society, John Dew- 

 hurst Patten, at the residence of the Secretary, which everyone seemed to enjoy, 

 and where we had the privilege and pleasure of hearing Miss Grace D. Litch- 

 field read her own lovely poem, 'The Hermit Thrush.' 



