The Audubon Societies 



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The National Park Service 



One of the bills that will come before 

 Congress this winter will be for the very 

 commendable purpose of establishing a 

 bureau under the Department of the 

 Interior to have charge of the twelve 

 National Parks, and about thirty National 

 Monuments, that have been established 

 up to the present time. 



The work of Enos Mills in getting 

 National Parks created, and the efforts of 

 Frank Bond in securing the establish- 

 ment of National Monuments, bid fair 

 to bear fruit in the form of the creation of 

 the bureau indicated above. 



At the present time the management of 

 the two groups of government reserva- 

 tions is under separate heads, and separate 

 appropriations are made for their main- 

 tenance. It is understood that Secretary 

 Lane greatly favors this proposal to 

 Congress, and the National Association 

 of Audubon Societies is actively working 

 for the consummation of the plan. It 

 may be remarked in passing that we also 

 heartily endorse Mr. Mills's latest plan 

 for having the Grand Canyon in Colorado 

 made a National Park. We greatly favor 

 this for many reasons, not the least of 

 which is that every National Park is, in 

 the strictest sense, also a bird-reservation. 



To Junior Audubon Classes of 

 Connecticut 



The Junior Audubon work has grown to 

 such an extent in Connecticut that it is 

 impossible for the School Secretary to 

 write personal letters to all of you. No 

 doubt the seven thousand boys and girls 

 of the state who joined the Junior Audu- 

 bon Classes last spring are still inter- 

 ested. Do you know that by renewing 

 your membership now you will receive a 

 new set of leaflets, several of which will be 

 of especial interest in the study of our 

 winter friends? Last spring communica- 

 tion between a number of our Junior 

 Classes was established, and we should like 

 to see this work extended during the year. 

 Will such classes as desire to correspond 



with other members kindly have their 

 class secretary notify the School Secre- 

 tary? 



Early in November the Hartford Bird 

 Study Club invited your School Secre- 

 tary to Hartford, to assist in presenting 

 the subject of bird-study to the schools. 

 A lively three-days campaign, to which 

 the President of the Hartford Bird Study 

 Club devoted his time, ensued. Evening 

 meetings for the teachers were held in 

 Hartford and Glastonbury, and over four 

 hundred pupils from these schools became 

 Junior Audubon members during the 

 month of November. 



The Audubon Society of the State of 

 Connecticut will loan to the schools of the 

 state, free of expense, circulating libra- 

 ries, bird-charts, portfolios of bird-pic- 

 tures, and illustrated lectures. Applica- 

 tion may be made to Mr. C. D. Hine, 

 Secretary of the State Board of Educa- 

 tion, Hartford. — Frances Hurd, School 

 Secretary. 



More Moving Pictures 



Mr. Herbert K. Job has recently 

 returned from an extended trip to the 

 Wild Life Refuges in the Louisiana 

 marshes, where he has been securing a 

 new series of photographs and moving- 

 picture films for the use of the National 

 Association. By means of the courtesies 

 extended by one of our members, Edward 

 A. Mcllhenny, he was enabled to use his 

 moving-picture camera at close range on 

 many varieties of Wild Ducks, as well as 

 on Wilson's Snipe probing mud for food. 

 The new collection also contains pictures 

 showing the movements of Coots, Boat- 

 tailed Crackles, Blue Geese, and other birds 

 of the region. Scenes illustrating the life of 

 trappers and hunters were also secured. 

 It is our hope eventually to collect a large 

 series of motion-picture films illustrating 

 the more striking phases of American 

 bird-life, the educational value of which 

 should be very great. The Association has 

 received many inquiries as to this, and 

 the Secretary expects to answer them 

 definitely soon. 



