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fostered, the result being a number of Junior Audubon Clubs whose members 

 are eagerly doing all they can to save the birds. One Junior Club has secured 

 signed pledges from farmers to protect birds and designate their farms as 

 "bird sanctuaries." Over 600 acres have been so pledged by the farmers. 

 Numerous bird-houses all over the city attest to the fact that the Club has 

 awakened an interest in birds never before known, except by a very small per- 

 centage of the town dwellers. — -Mrs. John T. Latsiiaw, Secretary. 



Washington (Ind.) Audubon Society. — Our Societ\-, formerl\- named 

 "The Bird Lovers Club," closed a very successful year's work on June 21, 1918. 

 This was our second year, and while there was not so large a membership, 

 owing to war conditions, the members, who numbered thirty active and 

 associate, were much interested and enjoyed some fine meetings. A social 

 meeting held at the home of the President, Mrs. Cameron Hyatt, in October, 

 started the year's work. Eight regular meetings, with programs, were held 

 during the year, on the third Tuesday of each month. 



J. N. Barber, Junior Superintendent, conducted a large and flourishing 

 Junior Club during the year. In March, the senior Society held a successful 

 Bird-House Building Contest, with the boxes shown in a downtown show- 

 window, and prizes were awarded. A number of interesting field-trips were 

 taken, and much was learned about birds. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Feagans 

 entertained the Club in July with a pleasant social evening at their beautiful 

 suburban home. — Cameron Hyatt, Corresponding Secretary. 



Watertown (N. Y.) Bird Club. — During the year we held seven regular 

 meetings and one social meeting. Mrs. George W. Knowlton opened her home 

 for the September meeting. E. J. Sawyer gave a most interesting and instruc- 

 tive lecture on "Bird-migration," illustrating his talk by numerous charts 

 which he had prepared for the occasion. In February the Club met with Mrs. 

 E. P. Elitharp for a social evening, the program being in charge of Mrs. Everett 

 Rogers. Great hilarity was aroused by the extemporaneous bird-drawings 

 made by each member and named by his left-hand neighbor. Miss Antoinette 

 Rogers directed the members in the art of folding paper in bird-forms. 



At the April meeting, P. B. Hudson, our Vice-President, exhibited and 

 explained a very complete collection of birds' eggs which he has been collect- 

 ing since his boyhood days. At the May meeting each member submitted a 

 short description of his favorite bird, following a suggestive outline prepared 

 by Mr. Sawyer. 



At the June meeting, F. S. Tisdale, the Club President, and superintendent 

 of our city schools, gave an illustrated lecture on water-birds. The slides were 

 procured from Albany. As Mr. Tisdale is an ardent sportsman, he was able to 

 interpolate many interesting personal reminiscences in connection with the 

 birds shown. This meeting was thrown open to the grammar-school children. 



