458 Bird -Lore 



the St. Petersburg Audubon Society. Mrs. Barton has, on account of added 

 responsibility in her family, resigned, and the loss to the Society cannot be 

 estimated. The work will be carried on by Mrs. Susan Foster, treasurer, and 

 Mrs. J. C. Owen, recording secretary. There were over a thousand Junior 

 Audubon Members enrolled when ordering this year's school leaflets. The 

 Central Primary, Miss Sterling, principal, was 100 per cent in Junior 

 Members and received the banner offered by the Society for proficiency in 

 Bird-Work. 



The St. Petersburg Society offers annually $5 in gold for the bird-house 

 made and put up by boy or girl that shall house a family. A prize of field- 

 glasses is also given for the best list of birds seen on a specified hike, and a 

 bird-book is given for the best story written on the value of bird-protection. 

 The picture in this issue, of the bird-houses made by the boys of the Manual 

 Training Department, will give some idea of the Audubon prizes offered. This 

 does more to create public sentiment for bird-protection than anything else. 



The state president organized a county society in Pinellas, with Rutherford 

 P. Hayes, son of the late President Hayes, at the head. As the county of 

 Pinellas had already been declared a bird sanctuary, their work will be to 

 maintain it and to promote Junior Audubon work in the schools. Tarpon 

 Springs will soon have an Audubon Society, with Mrs. Ada Fernald at its 

 head. Mrs. Tippetts had Mrs. Fernald for her efficient aid in the bird-work at 

 Chautauqua this summer and incited her interest then. 



The atmosphere of Pinellas County is such that birds are flocking hither, 

 assured of safety. The sportsmen's organization of the county cooperates in 

 every way and is offering a bounty for rattlesnakes and other enemies of the 

 game-birds. The Audubon Society is alive to the needs of a state game com- 

 mission and is bending its energies to remove from Florida the stigma of being 

 one of the three states of the Union without such officials. — (Mrs.) Katharine 

 B. Tippetts, President. 



Sand Hill Bird Club of Pine Bluff (N. C.) — This is a winter Club, open 

 from November until June. There are 50 members — 25 grown-ups and 25 

 Juniors. We play bird golf, recognizing birds, by sight only, since they are 

 not in song. Two players, accompanied by a bird scout, constitute a 'set.' To 

 qualify, a bird scout, or caddie must know 30, 50, or 75 birds. Each scout 

 wears a badge showing whether he is a first-, second-, or third-class scout. He 

 receives a fee for taking out tourists. Time of short game 1 hour and 30 minutes ; 

 time of each link 10 minutes. Time of long game 2 hours and 15 minutes. 



Birds only count when recognized by two of the three players in any set. 

 Male birds count 1, and female birds count 3. The best Junior set challenges 

 the best grown-up set and vice versa. For championship games, prizes are 

 awarded. Highest score, long game, season of 1922-23; best single link 13. 

 (Sample bird golf score cards on application.) 



