426 Bird - Lore 



Audubon Society had Dr. Roberts of Minneapolis come and give one of his 

 delightful lectures. The writer, on May 13, attended the joint meeting of the 

 Indiana Audubon Society and the Indiana Nature Study Club at Indianapolis. 

 This was a very delightful gathering and was attended by bird-lovers from 

 many parts of Indiana. A field-trip, a beautiful pageant, and a chicken dinner 

 filled in the program of the day. 



The meeting of the A. 0. U. is to be held in the Field Museum October 25, 

 26, 27, and the Illinois Audubon Society, jointly with the Wilson Club, will 

 partake in the entertainment of the distinguished guests who will come from 

 other cities. This is the first meeting of the A. O. U. in the Middle West, and 

 the plans of the meeting include a very fine exhibit of bird paintings, photo- 

 graphs, and so forth. The Audubon Society's Check-List, which has been 

 announced from time to time, is at last in the hands of the printer. The ex- 

 haustive work on this Check-List has been done by Benjamin T. Gault, one 

 of the most noted ornithologists of Illinois. It is felt that the Check-List will 

 find a permanent place in bird literature for the Middle West, as it will defi- 

 nitely show, by a colored zonal map, the bird distribution based on geographic 

 and climatic conditions in the state of Illinois. — Orpheus M. Schantz, 

 President. 



Indiana. — During the past year our Society has been unusually active, and, 

 as a result, we note with great satisfaction the increased interest on the part 

 of the public in the protection and conservation of our song-birds. 



We have worked in close cooperation with our State Department of Con- 

 servation and the Department of Public Instruction. We are making an 

 earnest effort to encourage our state departments to take an active interest in 

 bird conservation. They are taking up the work enthusiastically, and we 

 believe the time is not far distant when the Department of Conservation will 

 employ a state ornithologist. 



We have published our regular annual bulletin and, in addition, a special 

 bulletin entitled 'Bird Study for Indiana Schools.' This is intended as a 

 manual for teachers to both encourage them in the organization of Junior 

 Audubon Clubs and to assist them in leading the classes. This manual, of 

 which 20,000 were printed, was mailed direct by the State Department of 

 Public Instruction to every teacher in the state. The inquiries for bird litera- 

 ture and the organization of Junior Audubon Clubs following the distribution 

 of this bulletin was nothing short of remarkable. In less than six weeks we 

 had organized 82 Junior Audubon Clubs with a membership of 3,527. 



In cooperation with the Department of Conservation, we have had Prof. 

 A. A. Allen, of Cornell University, prepare a most interesting and instructive 

 lecture illustrated by 100 beautifully colored slides. These are available for 

 the use of any individual, club, or organization interested in bird study. 



The annual meeting was held at Indianapolis, May 12 and 13. We had as 



