Reports of State Societies and Bird Clubs 459 



In all our talks we emphasize the urgent need of uniform game laws for our 

 state and condemn the method of allowing each county to have its own laws. 

 Every two years, when our Legislature meets, we work to secure the passage of 

 uniform game laws and for the establishment of a Fish and Game Commission 

 for our state. At the recent meeting of our Legislature we came near getting 

 such a Commission established. So far, however, we have not succeeded, but 

 we are determined to make another desperate el!ort in 19 ig. — G. A. Martin, 

 Secretary. 



Ohio Audubon Society. — The Society has just closed a very prosperous 

 year. Both in point of membership, as well as financially, we can report great 

 progress. The present year is the twentieth year of existence as a state organiza- 

 tion. A vast amount of good has been accomplished during these twenty years. 

 We feel, however, that much remains to be done, and to this work we dedicate 

 ourselves more earnestly than ever before. 



Our monthly meetings are always times of great enjoyment for our members. 

 Many interesting lectures on practical topics are delivered on these occasions. 

 So-called 'Experience Meetings' are held from time to time. The May meeting 

 is our 'Outdoor Meeting,' at which all bird-lovers are welcome. Besides this, 

 we have weekly 'hikes' on which bird-life at all seasons of the year is studied at 

 first-hand. 



The interest in bird-life throughout this entire region is very keen. This is 

 evidenced on every hand. Bird-shelters, feeding-devices, baths, nesting-boxes, 

 etc., may be seen everywhere, in yards and along streets, throughout the city. 

 Our City Park Department has put up hundreds of nesting-boxes and feeding- 

 devices in the various parks and boulevards in and about the city. 



Unfortunately, cats still run at large in Cincinnati and surrounding territory 

 in vast numbers. Their depredations upon our bird-life are very great. We 

 have been, and still are trying, to educate the public to come to a realization of 

 the great harm done by the stray cat. We hope to induce our City Council to 

 pass an ordinance requiring the licensing of all cats and the destruction of all 

 unlicensed cats. The excellent publication, 'The Domestic Cat,' by E. H. 

 Forbush, is being distributed by our Society to great advantage. 



The work of providing lecturers for gatherings at schools, churches, etc., 

 is vigorously carried on, and a great many people are reached in this way each 

 year. The many letters of inquiry, as well as complaints, that come to the 

 President and Secretary of this Society are an indication of the public interest. 

 All complaints are carefully investigated and offenders against the law are 

 reported to the game-wardens. 



Our Society published a 'Year Booklet' which has proved a valuable aid in 

 our work. This booklet contains, besides a variety of interesting articles on 

 bird subjects, the lecture topics for the regular meetings of the ensuing year. 

 All members, as well as many friends, are provided with copies. We have 



