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growth in the adult membership, and the sentiment for birds is very evident. 

 Instances are frequently reported to show the changed attitude of boy toward 

 bird, due to the steady and persistent effort on the part of various workers. 

 A group of Clifton boys discovered the nest of a Meadowlark in a vacant lot 

 where they intended to have a baseball game and immediately adjourned to 

 the street, lest they should frighten the mother bird or hurt the eggs. There 

 are many such instances recorded to show that the Ohio Society has not been 

 idle. The sentiment for nature-study is growing constantly and the work of 

 this Society in the past twenty-one years is one that has been well rewarded. 

 Birds are plentiful and some, like the Mockingbird, which had disappeared 

 when they were not protected, are to be found in constantly increasing numbers 

 in Ohio. 



In my experience as a teacher I have found that, without exception, all 

 boys in the school seem to be enthusiastic admirers of birds. This can only 

 be the result of the seed planted early in their lives by someone who has learned 

 the value of the birds. We hope to make the next year the banner year of the 

 Society's history, for it will be the twenty-fifth anniversary of its organization, 

 and some of the charter members are still with us, to marvel at its progress. — 

 Katherine Ratterman, Secretary. 



Oregon. — Our state Society has made fair progress during the year past. 

 The Junior work, which we regard as the most important part of our activities, 

 was ably and enthusiastically covered by Mrs. Gale. She knows how to interest 

 parents, teachers, and children; it is to this skill in the presentation of the 

 subject that we owe much of the favorable public opinion enjoyed by this 

 Society. The Saturday evening talks upon birds and other outdoor subjects, 

 illustrated with slides and moving pictures, under the management of our 

 vice-president, W. A. Eliot, continue to please large audiences. These talks 

 are to be continued this year with a greater variety of subjects and more 

 varied speakers. 



The lantern-slides of northwestern birds, drawn and colored by Bruce 

 Horsfall, completed last year with text for the accompanying lecture by Mr. 

 Eliot, have called forth much favorable comment. We have two sets of these 

 beautiful slides for use in the field. Our fourth annual Art Exhibition was 

 held last spring, in cooperation with the Department of Botany of the Univer- 

 sity of Oregon, and consisted of photographs and paintings of wild birds and 

 their nests, with water-color studies of the wild flowers of the state, supple- 

 mented by a most pleasing display of natural wild flowers blooming at that 

 time. Thousands of our people, both school children and grown-ups, received 

 pleasure and instruction from this exhibit. 



As we move along, the young people fall into line with the enthusiasm of 

 youth to carry forward what others have laid down; so may it ever be. — 

 Emma J. Welty, Corresponding Secretary. 



