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Bird- Lore 



New Hampshire Audubon Society. — Our Society has had a year of suc- 

 cessful achievement, the work done being nearly twice that of the preceding 

 year. We chronicle an increase of 250 members. The work in organizing Junior 

 Audubon Classes has been notable, 4,425 children having been gathered into 

 239 classes, just double the number last year. This is a large number for a 

 state with so small a population. A large and varied correspondence has been 

 maintained, and great quantities of literature have been distributed. When 



EXHIBIT OF BIRD-BOXES MADE BY SCHOOL-CHILDREN OF NASHUA, NEW HAMP- 

 SHIRE, AND ERECTED IN THE LOCAL CEMETERY BIRD-SANCTUARY 



the bird-destroyers sought to secure spring-shooting in the Middle States, our 

 Society, in a circular letter, urged its members to make vigorous protests, with 

 the result that hundreds of such protests were sent to Washington. So we had 

 our part in the victory. We also did what we could to help secure the passage 

 in the Senate of the international treaty. The secretary has given seventy- 

 two bird-lectures and addresses before all sorts of audiences, and has been 

 everywhere welcomed. 



Many articles for magazines and newspapers have been prepared and pub- 

 lished. The cemetery authorities at Nashua have been induced to allow the 

 two large cemeteries to be converted into bird-sanctuaries. One hundred and 

 eight nesting-boxes have been constructed in the manual-training department 



