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everybody flocked to improvised feeding-stations on the walls to help themselves 

 to popcorn, nuts, and oatmeal bird cakes, then back to the bird-pools which 

 were filled with a clear fruit punch and attended by little Goldfinch and 

 Redstart members. 



The juvenile program given on John Burroughs' birthday, April 3, was 

 conducted entirely by children from the difi"erent schools. One boy gave a 

 sketch of Mr. Burroughs, showing pictures of his home and interests. Seven 

 little boys and girls from the School for the Blind stood up in a row, and, with 

 heads lifted, sang a Bluebird song. A blind teacher told of the birds she had 

 heard on a morning walk and gave their calls. A little deaf and dumb girl 

 danced all over the stage, swooping, diving, and digging for worms. In order 

 to go on the last field-trip in June, 05 children from one school joined the Society. 

 They were given membership cards for the coming year. — Lucy B. Stone, 

 Secretary. 



Crawfordsville (Ind.j Audubon and Nature-Study Club. — On the evening 

 of February 14, 1919, there was a called meeting of the bird-lovers of Craw- 

 fordsville at the high school building. Amos W. Butler, of Indianapolis, gave 

 a most interesting illustrated lecture on "The Birds of Indiana." At the close 

 of this an Audubon and Nature Study Club was organized, with sixty members. 

 The following officers were elected: President, Prof. J. L. Leonard, of Wabash 

 College; Vice-President, Mrs. Julia I). Waugh; Secretary-Treasurer, Prof. C. 

 W. Jack; and Leader, Frank C. Evans. During the rest of the winter regular 

 monthly meetings were held. At the meeting in March, Prof. Leonard delivered 

 an interesting lecture on "Bird-Migration." 



On March 2?>, Mr. Evans secured Miss Margaret Hanna, of Ft. Wayne, 

 to speak to the Club on "Some Phases of Spring Migration." She illustrated 

 this with many lantern-slides and bird-skins. Miss Hanna has the unusual 

 ability of being able to reproduce bird-calls and -songs, and, altogether, her 

 lecture was thoroughly enjoyable and created a great deal of interest in bird- 

 study. On April 26, Prof. Walter Hess, of De Pauw, lectured on "Courtship 

 and Home Life of Birds." Through the instrumentality of some members of 

 the Audubon Club, the Current Events Club of this city became suflFiciently 

 interested in birds to turn one of their regular meetings into a Bird Day celebra- 

 tion. On this occasion, May 9, Mrs. Donaldson Bodine spoke on "The Protec- 

 tion of the Birds That Nest about our Homes." Photographs and lantern-slides 

 were used. The Club has caused to be published in the daily press numerous 

 articles urging people to put out food for the birds during the winter and put 

 up nesting-bo.xes in the sj)ring. The Club has been directly responsible for the 

 erection of twelve Martin houses, and practically every one of them was occu- 

 pied the past summer. 



Spring Ledge, the country home of Frank C. I-auus, three miles west of the 

 city, is the spot which attracts the attention of all bird-lovers of this community. 



