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tion. One of the most instructive of these field- trips was taken on May 12, to 

 Meadow Lake, 16 miles from Spokane by electric car. This trip was selected 

 on account of a current report that Yellow-headed Blackbirds were in this 

 neighborhood in large colonies, a statement we fully verified. Photographs of 

 Mallard, Coot and Killdeer nests and eggs were taken, also half a dozen nests, 

 more or less completed, of a single pair of Marsh Wrens which had not yet set 

 up housekeeping. But young water-fowl, swimming with their parents in the 

 open water of the lakes, showed that other species had not been idle. Forty- 

 seven species of birds were observed. 



I could recount many other summer experiences of bird-life in the woods 

 and by field and stream, but the space allotted for this article forbids. I shall 

 conclude by merely saying that we renewed our Club gatherings on Septem- 

 ber 17, when we listened, among other interesting things, to a paper by Thomas 

 A. Bonser, of the high school, on the various tame and wild shrubs and plants 

 and their berries in this region known to be favorite food of the winter birds. 

 Our meetings occur twice a month, on the first and third Tuesdays, and, at 

 the next meeting on October 15, the writer will give a lecture on the habits 

 and activities of birds during the nesting-season, illustrated by lantern-slides 

 made by himself from his own photographs taken during the past summer in 

 the woods. — Walter Bruce, President. 



Sussex County (N. J.) Nature Study Club. — During the year ourmembers 

 have been doing their "bit" in war-work, yet interest in nature-study has been 

 sustained. As usual, our meetings have been held once each month, the 

 attendance comparing favorably with other years. We are not strictly a bird 

 club, but the birds receive their full share, and more, of our attention and 

 care. One of the most pleasant meetings of the year was our "Warbler-time" 

 picnic. Our special reward was a closer acquaintance with the worm-eating 

 Warbler, which we have always considered rare in our section, and whose song 

 we learned for the first time that day. A very fine view of the White-crowned 

 Sparrow also added excitement to our hunt. 



Our frequent articles in the county papers keep the public more or less 

 interested in our Club and its activities. We have responded to all appeals 

 for legislative assistance from the National Association of Audubon Societies 

 and the State Audubon Society. — F. Blanche Hill, Secretary. 



Vigo County (Ind.) Bird Club. — ^A greater effort toward bird-pro- 

 tection was evident in the second year's work of the Vigo County Bird 

 Club, for, while excellent papers were read and talks given at each of its monthly 

 meetings, more plans were made to protect birds in the vicinity of Terre Haute 

 than had been attempted during its first year's existence. Posters were dis- 

 tributed, the aid of the Junior Bird Clubs enlisted, and the cooperation of the 

 Park Superintendent secured. .\n interest in birds among children has been 



