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to be with the colony on another 'Buzzards' Island' which has long been guarded 

 by the Association's warden, Sandiford Bee. 



On visiting this place in company with Mr. Bee, I found several hundred 

 pairs of Little Blue Herons, Louisiana Herons, and Black-crowned Night 

 Herons. Not more than eight or ten Snowy Egrets were identified, but as many 

 young Little Blue Herons, in the white phase of plumage, were on the wing, 

 it is quite possible that others were present. The warden stated that numbers 

 of the Egrets were away feeding and that the total number resorting to the 

 island was about sixty-five. The Georgia and North Carolina Egret colonies 

 enjoyed a prosperous season. 



In all, the Association employed the past year thirty-six wardens. It is 

 impossible to state with any degree of accuracy the number of birds guarded 

 in the various Audubon colonies during the breeding season, but the number 

 must have been close to two million. 



REPORT OF JUNIOR AUDUBON CLASSES 



Thanks chiefly to the splendid and unfailing support of a large-hearted, 

 but self-effacing patron of the Association, the Junior Department of the 

 Association's activities has continued to function on its hitherto large plan of 

 operation. During the early months of the past school year, the epidemic of 

 influenza closed thousands of schools throughout the land. Hence, the organiza- 



A JLXIUR ALDUliON CLASS AT MORGANTOWN, W. VA. ONE 01 THE (1,204 JUNIOR 

 BIRD - STUDY CLUBS FORMED BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AUDUBON 



SOCIETIES THE PAST YEAR 



