Reports of State Societies and Bird Clubs 447 



Our Society is affiliated with the Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (the 

 central organization for Canada,) and with the National Association of Audu- 

 bon Societies. R. Owen Merriman and Miss Ruby R. Mills were reelected 

 president and secretary-treasurer, respectively, and Dr. H. G. Arnott (who 

 acted for the president during the past season) and C. D. Cook were named 

 first and second vice-presidents. With a splendid program arranged for its 

 coming meetings, and plans laid for the continuation and extension of its work, 

 the Society intends to make the season of 1922-23 another step in the ladder 

 of its success. — R. Owen Merriman, President. 



Hartford (Conn.) Bird Study Club. — The past year has been a happy 

 and prosperous one for our Club. Eighteen indoor meetings were held. These 

 were well attended, and the papers and discussions on a great variety of sub- 

 jects were thoroughly enjoyed. There were five illustrated lectures, open to 

 the public, given by the following men: Charles A. Gorst, Beecher Bowdish. 

 Herbert K. Job, William Smith, and Prof. A. A. Allen, of Cornell University, 

 There were nineteen field-trips on which the average attendance was 21. 

 These trips furnished wonderful opportunities for the study of plant and animal 

 life, and the greatest care was always taken to protect the flowers, the birds, 

 and the animals. 



In 'Warbler time' the Club has a census day on which the territory around 

 Hartford is covered by different members, who report on the total number of 

 birds seen. This year, on May 14 and 15, 125 varieties were observed. Saturday 

 morning illustrated lectures were held for the children, who had the privilege 

 of listening to such men as Donald McMillan and Ernest Thompson Seton. 

 These lectures have inspired the children with a love for and interest in birds 

 and animals, which are of far-reaching importance. 



We sent a letter of resolution requesting the Board of Water Commissioners 

 to reconsider their intention of removing the guards from Reservoir Park, 

 thinking that lack of guards would lead to damage to property and injury to 

 plant and animal life. During the year, 41 new members were voted into the 

 Club, which seems not only in numbers, but in the influence which it has upon 

 the community, to be steadily increasing. — Ruth L. Spaulding, Secretary. 



Hesston (Kans.) Audubon Society. — The second year of our Audubon 

 Society closed with September, 1922. It has really been the first year of any 

 special activity. Two public lectures were given, one by Mr. Hutchins, in 

 November, and the other by S. M. Kanagy, in February. The latter was 

 illustrated with lantern slides. From February to May monthly meetings 

 were held for general discussions and for the comparing of field-notes and 

 planning work of the Society. 



Thirteen new members have been enrolled during the year. A total of 

 seventy-one species of birds was recorded on a chart which we keep for this 



