f^iie Bububon Societies; 



EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT 



Edited by T. GILBERT PEARSON, Secretary 



Address all correspondence, and send all remittances for dues and contributions, to 

 the National Association of Audubon Societies, 1974 Broadway, New York City. 



William Dctcher, President 

 Frederic A. Lucas, Acting President T. Gilbert Pearson, Secretary 



Theodore S. Palmer, First Vice President Jonathan Dwight, Jr., Treasurer 



Samuel T. Carter, Jr., Attorney 



Any person, club, school or company in sympathy with the objects of this Association may become 

 a member of it, and all are welcome. . ,„., ■ 



Classes of Membership in the National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild 

 Birds and Animals: 



$5 annually pays for a Sustaining Membership 

 $100 paid at one time constitutes a Life Membership 

 $1,000 constitutes a person a Patron 

 $5,000 constitutes a person a Founder 

 $25,000 constitutes a person a Benefactor 



Form of Bequest: — I do hereby sive and bequeath to the National Association of Audubon 

 Societies for the Protection of Wild' Birds and Animals (Incorporated), of the City of New York. 



THE YEAR'S JUNIOR AUDUBON RESULTS 



The fiscal year of the Junior Educa- 

 tional Department of the Association 

 closed on June i, 1916. The organization 

 of children into bird-study classes shows, 

 as heretofore, a satisfactory increase; the 

 number paying fees and joining these 

 clubs during the past year having increased 

 about 25 per cent over the preceding twelve 

 months. 



This work had the support of $5,000 

 from Mrs. Russell Sage, and $20,000 from 

 an unnamed benefactor. We were able to 

 have a larger field-force lecturing to the 

 schools, and organizing bird-clubs, than 

 at any time in the past. Mrs Granville 

 Pike represented the Association in the 

 State of Washington; Mrs. Etta S. Wil- 

 son was our representative in Indiana; 

 and Doctor Eugene Swope continued his 

 endeavors in Ohio. Others in the field 

 were Mrs. Mary Sage, Mrs. G. M. 

 Turner, and Mr. Harold K. Decker in New 

 York; Miss Katharine H. Stuart in 

 Virginia and Maryland; and H. R. Pat- 

 tengill in Michigan. Several of the State 

 Audubon Societies cooperated in this 

 work; the most active ones being those of 

 Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Massa- 

 chusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, 

 Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. 



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During the spring, there was an unusual 

 number of bird-bo.x-building contests 

 entertainments both indoors and in the 

 open, and special programs and local 

 work of various characters that attracted 

 the attention of the communities. 



An example of the general enthusiasm 

 among Juniors if the Euclid Club, in 

 Washington. Last season it studied in- 

 doors 24 kinds of birds, and did much well- 

 directed outdoor seeing and thinking. A 

 bird-census was made, one girl showing the 

 class 44 of the 218 occupied nests dis- 

 covered. The club has its program-com- 

 mittee who plan songs, recitations, and 

 talks on birds. Once, every member was 

 to name his favorite bird, and to tell why 

 it was his favorite; another time they 

 were to tell an interesting fact concerning 

 birds. The mothers are so interested that 

 they frequently entertain the club. 



There has never been a time when the 

 Junior work claimed so much attention in 

 the public press as during the past year. 

 The reception which the Junior Class idea 

 has received from educators, women's 

 clubs, the boy scouts, and other organi- 

 zations, has been a source of continued 

 pleasure to those responsible for the work. 



Scores of photographs of happy-faced 



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