Reports of State Societies and Bird Clubs 461 



usually favors us with two lectures each year. We have also on our membership 

 list, J. L. Sloanaker, who has made several contributions to bird science by 

 listing new bird species in the West and Southwest. 



Another of our members is T. A. Bonser, curator of our museum and a 

 biological authority. Dr. Arthur H. Benefiel, one of the founders of our Club 

 and our best-informed authority on birds, eastern and western, left us last 

 winter. The Club is planning a memorial bird-fountain in Greenwood Ceme- 

 tery, where he rests among the birds and flowers he loved so well. Others of 

 our most enthusiastic members have left us for new fields and, we hope, new 

 bird clubs, so what we have lost may be another's gain. We have not changed 

 the course of nations, but we have brought great pleasure into the lives of 

 many of our members by introducing them to the fascinating field of bird- 

 study. It is our plan to have bird-walks every month, or oftener. We did not 

 have our usual number last year because of the inclemency of the weather. 



Last spring several money prizes were offered by members for the best 

 bird-houses built by school children. This exhibit was rather disappointing, 

 not from the number of houses exhibited, but from the standpoint of archi- 

 tecture. They were ornamental rather than practical, and made for no partic- 

 ular type of bird. To one somewhat versed in bird-house lore, it was a mirth- 

 provoking collection of miniature dwelling-houses, dog-kennels, and mutilated 

 starch-boxes. For results, specifications and directions should be furnished 

 each aspirant for honors in a bird-house contest. At least five of our members 

 have appeared on different club programs, hoping thereby to increase a little 

 knowledge of our home birds to those who lie in darkness so dense that they 

 cannot tell whether English Sparrows or Wrens have taken possession of their 

 bird-boxes. — (Mrs.) Elizabeth Kaye Buchecker, Secretary and Treasurer. 



Stanton Bird Club (Maine). — In the past year we have held six regular 

 meetings, with talks on forestry, birds, gardens, and subjects of general interest 

 to nature-lovers. We have added 46 new members. From March 29 to June 8 

 we took eighteen early morning walks, three sunset walks, and three Sunday 

 afternoon walks, with an average attendance of 16. Seventy-nine kinds of 

 birds were identified. Guest night we entertained an audience of about 200 

 with the film of the 'Birds of Killingworth,' combined with a musical and 

 literary program. Three out-of-door meetings, with hikes and picnic suppers, 

 were delightful affairs. Our exhibition in April lasted four days, and was 

 visited by hundreds of school children and adults. A special feature was the 

 exhibit of 'Nature-Study in the Schools,' arranged by our school teacher 

 members, which included the work done by their Junior Audubon children, and 

 attracted a great deal of attention. 



April 14 was proclaimed Bird Day by Governor Baxter, and 53 Juniors and 

 Seniors went out on an early morning bird-walk, led by our president, Mr. 

 Kavanagh. A delightful feature of our Club life is the way children and adults 



