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line drawings and an Audubon buUon. 

 This small fee paid only in part the actual 

 cost of the material furnished them, the 

 difiference being subscribed by one of our 

 very greatly interested members. 



The following is a complete record by 

 states, and shows the number of classes 

 formed, as well as the number of pupils 

 enlisted in each instance. 



No. No. 



State classes members 



Ala 16 280 



Ark 5 119 



Fla 132 2,567 



Ga 39 763 



Ky 62 1,122 



La'. 7 138 



Md 20 372 



Miss 12 272 



N. C 32 617 



Okla 14 263 



Porto Rico I 97 



S. C II 196 



Tenn 81 2,083 



Tex 21 646 



Va 112 1,865 



W. Va 51 1,415 



Total 616 12,815 



It affords us much satisfaction to an- 

 nounce that Mrs. Russell Sage, who has 

 almost entirely supported this work, has 

 within the past few days forwarded her 

 check for $5,000.00, to insure the con- 

 tinuance of the plan another year. 



Junior Work in the North 



Readers of Bird-Lore may recall that 

 two years ago one of the members of the 

 National Association, impressed with the 

 une.xpected results being achieved by the 

 Junior work in the southern schools, con- 

 tributed five thousand dollars, in order 

 that the same efforts might be tried with 

 school children in the northern sections 

 of the country. We found the pupils here 

 even more responsive, and that year 

 19,365 were enrolled in bird clubs. This 

 good friend of the birds, and likewise of 

 the children, at once, upon receiving a 

 final statement of the season's work, sent 

 a check for a like amount to be used the 

 past year. Early in April, 1913, it became 

 apparent that the subject was being taken 



uj) so extensively by school authorities 



that our available funds would soon be 



exhausted, and, in fact, two thousand 



dollars additional would be necessary to 



complete the year. Upon learning of this, 



our benefactor, whose name I regret to 



say we are not at liberty to make public, 



provided the necessary amount. 



The following is a complete record by 



states of the organization accomplished 



by this support the past school year. 



No. No. 



State classes members 



Cal 6 166 



Can 13 290 



Colo 12 245 



Conn 38 704 



Del 5 91 



Idaho 2 28 



111 123 2,898 



Ind 117 2,794 



Iowa 48 984 



Kans II iss 



Me 15 279 



Mass 129 2,705 



Mich 135 2,950 



Minn 87 1,919 



Mo 35 795 



Mont 1 20 



Neb II 275 



Nev 3 132 



N. H 31 588 



N.J 372 8,326 



N. Y 58 1,13^ 



N. M 5 137 



N. D 12 277 



Ohio 235 5,247 



Ore 5 95 



Penn 89 2,137 



R. 1 51 2,100 



-S. D 6 91 



Utah 2 20 



Vt 12 206 



Wash 12 227 



Wis 112 2,234 



Wyo 4 91 



Total 1,797 4°, 342 



Bear in mind that all of these thousands 

 of children not only received systematic 

 instruction on the habits and activities of 

 birds, but were thoroughly drilled in the 

 importance that birds are to mankind, and 

 the profound necessity of preserving them. 

 All well-wishers of the Audubon move- 

 ment will be pleased to learn that the 

 Secretary has recently received the grati- 

 fying assurance that our generous un- 

 named friend will i)rovide a fund of 



