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which bought and distributed 400,000 bird-pictures of fifty varieties of birds 

 common to Nebraska. One picture was wrapped with every ten-cent loaf of 

 bread. The Society offered $100 in prizes. The contest lasted for two months, 

 and from all over this state, and from Iowa and Missouri, came collections of 

 these pictures. It was pleasing to note that in almost every instance the 

 children requested the return of their collection, and sent postage for it. 



The annual field-day was held in conjunction with the Nebraska Orni- 

 thologists' Union on May 5, when the composite list observed numbered seventy- 

 eight species. On June 17, 1916, the Society presented Percy MacKaye's 



THE BIRD MASQUE AT OMAHA, NEBRASKA 

 The Faun: "Came Waxwing wild and Warbler wary." Photographed by W. W. Scott 



bird-masque 'Sanctuary,' dedicating Omaha's 500-acre bird-sanctuary 

 named 'Child's Point.' In a natural amphitheatre in this beautiful 

 wooded tract, nearly three thousand people witnessed the pageant, and it 

 made a deep and lasting impression. 



We are starting on our year's work with even more enthusiasm than ever. 

 The Junior members will hold monthly meetings and have afternoon lec- 

 tures. The Society has voted to buy 200 suet-baskets to be placed in parks 

 and other proper places. Nebraska birds will be studied this winter in a 

 series of lectures by ornithologists of the University of Nebraska. — Joy Mont- 

 gomery HiGGiNS, Secretary. 



