446 Bird -Lore 



the sale of aigrettes and to cooperate with our representatives in suppressing 

 the trade throughout the city. — Bertha Traer Pattee, Secretary. 



Indiana Audubon Society.— In view of the fact that no general report 

 of Audubon work was made last year, the present report will include that. 



Last year the annual convention was held at Rushville,Ind., with a three-day 

 program. The evening meetings were given over to lectures showing the close 

 relationship of birds to the life of man, and stimulating more study and pro- 

 tection of the birds. All the schools were visited, and short bird-talks given by 

 the Audubon members. Two lectures were given before the high school, entitled 

 'Our Summer Residents,' and 'Nature Study and Farm Life.' A bird exhibit 

 of mounted specimens and bird-boxes was held in the annex high school. 

 Only birds that could be seen at that time were shown. Longfellow's 'Birds of 

 Killingworth,' was dramatized most effectively by second- and third-grade 

 children. Following this was the field-trip to Flat Rock River by a large crowd 

 of little folks and big folks. Saturday morning, children and grown-ups gathered 

 at the annex high school yard to raise a Martin-house. This was the, prize won 

 by this school for the longest list of birds observed within a certain time. 

 W. T. Wilson, who made and gave the prize, was present at the raising. 



The 191 7 convention was held at Michigan City in May. The children sang 

 songs at the evening meetings and had charge of the programs at the door. 

 Bird-lovers of Michigan and Illinois were invited to attend this convention. 

 Invitations were sent to the Indiana colleges, universities and high schools, 

 inviting them to send a representative to the Michigan City convention. The 

 Secretary of the Illinois Audubon Society was present and told of its work for 

 the birds. Prof. Eifrig, of Oak Park, gave a short talk on 'The Birds of the 

 Sand-dunes.' This was given on one of the dunes near the lake, in front of the 

 Prairie Club House. A Virginia Rail was seen leaving her nest, which she had 

 placed under the step of the club-house. 



A member of the National Dune Park Association was present, who briefly 

 told of the dunes, urging our support toward purchasing them, and thus saving 

 them for a state park. Mr. Redpath spoke of the great destruction of song- 

 birds by hunters. 



Over 100 of the National Association's 'war' posters have been placed in 

 parks, reservations and farms. Several hundred acres hear Muncie, Ind., have 

 been given to the state as a reservation for wild life. The new State Park, 

 'McCormick's Creek Canyon,' is also a bird reservation. 



An Environment Exhibit at Fort Wayne, supervised by Margaret M. 

 Hanna, was most successful. Hundreds of birds were used from the Charles 

 Stockbridge Collection and arranged in trees, shrubs, vines and bushes. 

 Twenty thousand people visited this exhibit during the six days' centennial. 



The Society now owns two sets of bird slides: one set of 50 has recently been 

 purchased to be used by teachers and others interested in giving bird lectures; 



