d)e Audubon Societies 



" }'ou cannot with a scalt>fl find thr poet s soul. 

 .\or \el the 7vild bird's song." 



Rdiled by Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright (President of the Audubon Society of the State of 

 Connecticut). Fairtield, Conn., to whom all communications relatiiiji: to the work of the Audubon 

 and other Bird Protective Societies should he addressed. Reports, etc.. desijjiied 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 



New Hampshire Mrs. F. W. Batchelder, Manchester. 



Vermont Mrs. Fi.ktcher K. Barrows, Brattleboro. 



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



Rhode Island Martha R. Clarke, Sq Brown street, Providence. 



Connecticut MRS. William Brown Glover, Fairfield. 



New York Miss Emma H. Lock wood, 243 West Seventy-fifth street. New York City. 



New Jersey , Miss Jllia Scribner, 510 E. Front street, Plainfield, N. J. 



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



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



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



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



Vireinia Mrs. Frederick E. Town, Glencarlyn. 



North Carolina P. Gilbert Pearson, Greensboro. 



South Carolina Miss S. A. Smyth, Legare street, Charleston. 



Florida Mrs. I. Vanderpool, Maitland. 



Missouri August Reese, 2516 North Fourteenth street, St. Louis. 



Oklahoma Mrs. Adelia Hoi.roMH, Enid. 



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



Indiana W. W. Woolen, Indianapolis. 



Illinois MissMarv Drummond, 20S West street, Wheaton. 



Iowa Mrs L. E. Felt, Keokuk. 



■Wisconsin Mrs. Reuben G. Thwaits, 260 Laiigdon street, Madison. 



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



W^yominE. Mrs. N. R. Davis, Cheyenne. 



Kentucky Ingram Crockett, Henderson. 



Tennessee Mrs. C. C. Conner, Ripley. 



California Mrs. George S. Gay, Redlands. 



Oregon Miss Gertrude Metcalfe, 634 Williams ave., Portland. 



Reports of Societies The anti-plgeon shooting bill was a 



great victory won h\ the Society for tlic 

 Audubon Society of New York State „ .• c i^ \. . \ • \ i 1 



■' Hrevention 01 C riielty to Animals. In be- 



In reviewing the work of the past half of this bill the Audubon Society sent 

 eighteen months, since tlie last annual meet- appeals throughout the state urging its 

 ing was held, on March 8, 1901, the New support. Appeals urging the passage of 

 York Audubon Society has cause for much the Alaska bill and Forest Reserve bill 

 encouragement. We now stand to face any were also sent out. Through our local 

 adverse conditions, supported by the strong secretaries manv signatures were obtained 

 arm of both state and federal law. The and forwarded to our senators at Washing- 

 bill securing protection to Gulls and Terns ton. The Alaska bill became a law on 

 was signed by Governor Odell, March 12, June 7, 1902. 



1901. This was due to the tmtiring efTort The Snrictv is now better equipped to 



of Mr. Dutcher, who in making his final develop tiu- educational features of the 



report to our Executive Committee, as a work than ever before. We are much in- 



committee on law, said: "All that has been debted to the thought and energy of Miss 



attempted for the betterment of the New Eliza S. Blunt, one of our local secretaries, 



York law for bird protection, has been sue- who raised one hundred dollars to enable 



ressfullv accomplished." the Society to purchase a lantern and set of 



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