Cl)e ^utiulion ^ociette^ 



" i'ou can>ioi 'vith a scalpel find the poet's soul, 

 yoi- yet the wild bird's so>i,q-." 



Edited by Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright (President of the Audubon Society of the Slate of 

 Connecticut), Faiifield, Cotui., to whom all communications relating to the work of the Audubon 

 and other Bird Protective Societies should be addressed. Reports, etc., designed for this department 

 should be sent at least one month prior to the date of publication. 



DIRECTORY OF STATE AUDUBON SOCIETIES 



With names and addresses of their Secretaries 



Maine A. H. Norton, Westbrook. 



New Hampshire Mrs. F. \V. Batchelder, Manchester. 



Vermont Mrs. Fletcher K. Barrows, Brattleboro. 



Massachusetts Miss Harriet E. Richards, care Boston Society of Natural History, Boston. 



Rhode Island Miss Harriet C. Richards, 48 Lloyd ave.. Providence. 



Connecticut Mrs. Willia.m Brown Glover, Fairfield. 



New York Miss E.mma H. Lockwood, 243 West Seventy-fifth street. New York City. 



New Jersey • Miss Julia Scribner, 510 E. Front street. Plain field, N. J. 



Pennsylvania Mrs. Edward Robins, 114 South Twenty-first street, Philadelphia. 



Delaware Mrs. Wm. S. Hilles, Delaniore Place, Wilmington. 



Maryland Miss Anne Weston Whitnev, 715 St. Paul street, Baltimore. 



District of Columbia Mrs. John Dewhurst Patten, 2212 R street, Washington. 



Virginia Mrs. Frederick E. Town, Glencarlyn. 



North Carolina I- Gilbert Pearson, Greensboro. 



South Carolina .\1iss S. A. Smvth, Legare street, Charleston. 



Florida Mrs. I. Vanderpool, Maitland. 



Missouri .\iGrsT Reese, 2516 North Fourteenth street, St. Louis. 



Ohio Mrs. D. Z. McClelland, 5265 Eastern ave., Cincinnati. 



Indiana W. W. Woolen, Indianapolis. 



Illinois Miss Mary Drummond, 208 West street, Wheaton. 



Iowa Mrs. L. E. Felt, Keokuk. 



Wisconsin Mrs. Reuben G. Thwaits, 260 Langdon street, Madison. 



Minnesota Miss Sarah L. Putnam, 125 Inglehart street, St. Paul. 



Wyoming Mrs. N. R. Davis, Cheyenne. 



Kentucky Ingram Crockett, Henderson. 



Tennessee Mrs. C. C. Conner, Ripley. 



California Mrs. George S. Gay, Redlands. 



Reports of Societies 



Illinois Audubon Society 



Tlie Illinois ;\iuiiihon Society, ha\ing 

 reached the mature age of five years, feels 

 that while it can liardly claim for itself the 

 title of 'ancient and honorable,' it has at 

 least passed the period of infancy and can 

 stand firmly upon its feet. 



At the date of its Hfth annual meeting, 

 April 5, 1902, the number of members join- 

 ing during the five years counted some 932 

 adults and 10,024 juniors, a total of 10,956. 



We have sent out nearly 3,000 leaflets 

 during the year and have published one 

 pamphlet, a reprint of Mr. William Prae- 

 ger's 'Birds in Horticulture,' a work of 

 considerable value. We have also issued 

 new membership cards for adults and pa- 



pers to be signed by juniors. These were 

 the result of much thought and careful 

 work, and are proving themselves most sat- 

 isfactory. Our new class of members, pay- 

 ing an annual fee of $1 , grows slowly but 

 surely, and has already more than justified 

 tlie wisdom of the change and confirms the 

 opinion that no society should attempt its 

 work without at least one class of members 

 paying annual liues. 



We have held our usual semi-annual and 

 annual meetings. At the former, addresses 

 were made by the president, Mr. Ruthven 

 Deane, and Mrs. Sara A. Hubbard. At 

 tlie latter, beside the usual business meet- 

 ing, an address \vas given by Dr. J. Rollin 

 Slonakeron ' Birds and Their Nests,' which 

 was illustrated by very beautiful slides 

 taken bv Dr. Slonaker. 



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