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may be had in possession" being repealed, the bar to the sale of aigrette plumes 

 was removed — and on the passage of the New York law forbidding their 

 sale in that state, the wholesale millinery dealers removed their factories 

 and stores to Pennsylvania, and sent their advertisements from the Atlantic 

 to the Pacific, saying "Buy your aigrette plumes of us; there is no law against 

 it in Pennsylvania. Order by mail." But, be it recorded to the credit of the 

 Audubon Society, that advertisement did not long go unchallenged. 



However, for fear the Quaker State should seem to have forgotten its 

 traditions of peace in all the legislative battling that followed, this report 

 must tell of some of the quieter events in the history of 1913. 



In response to the request for more frequent meetings of a popular kind, 

 the Society, in conjunction with the Spencer F. Baird Club, has formed a 

 chapter which holds monthly meetings at the Academy of Natural Science 

 and takes field excursions in the spring. 



Through the courtesy of the Pennsylvania Forestry Association, the 

 Society was given a booth at their exhibit held in Philadelphia in May. At 

 this exhibit, different kinds of bird-boxes were shown, and many of the best 

 and latest books on birds were placed so the people could examine them, 

 and bird literature was distributed. The exhibit, which lasted a week, was 

 attended by many children as well as others, and the interest taken by both 

 young and old in the Audubon Department was most satisfactory. 



In conjunction with the New Jersey Society, the publication of a small 

 pamphlet has been started, which gives both societies opportunity to bring 

 items of local interest to their members. 



These events, in addition to the regular work of the Junior Audubon 

 School Clubs and other routine matters, have given the Pennsylvania Society 

 a busy and satisfactory year. — E. W. Fisher, Secretary. 



Rhode Island.— The Society has had one of the best years in its history. 

 Perhaps the most important accomplishment of the year is the purchase of 

 the Manly Hardy Bird Collection of North American Birds and the presen- 

 tation of the collection to the city of Providence, on the condition that it be 

 properly exhibited within three years from the date of acceptance. The pur- 

 chase was made possible through the generosity of the members of the Society 

 and their friends, who subscribed most liberally to the fund. The collection 

 has been accepted by the city, an appropriation has been made, and plans 

 are almost ready for an addition to the Park Museum, where the collection 

 is to be installed, and the Society hopes, within the allotted time, to realize 

 . its purpose of providing the people of the city and state with the means of 

 bird-study second to none in the country. Already the collection has stimu- 

 lated much interest in the birds. 



The Society has also taken an active interest in the two bills for the pro- 

 tection of birds which have passed the National Congress this year. Our 



