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Connecticut. — Our state work, this year, has been largely in the legislature. 

 We appointed a ' Watch-out-Committee' to keep track of the proposed altera- 

 tions in the game laws, and Mr. Van Name did good work in Hartford in push- 

 ing through the Alien License Bill and the Gun License Bill. The Society gave $io 

 toward the Bradley monument, and I15 towards the support of the Bradley 

 children. We spent over $25 repairing and renewing books for our traveling 

 libraries and $50 for five new libraries of twelve books each. 



We distributed about 6,000 Educational Leaflets sent us by the National 

 Association, and some Leaflets issued by the Department of Agriculture. We 

 have printed the new bird laws on muslin in the English, Italian and Hungarian 

 languages, to be posted throughout the state and among the granges. 



We have got an excellent, fearless game warden in our county now, and the 

 Society was glad to give him a mileage book of 500 miles and $20 toward his 

 expenses, as the state does not give the wardens carfare or stationery and pays 

 little for their time. Warden Smith has created quite a sentiment for bird pro- 

 tection, and aroused an interest in birds all over the county. We append a special 

 report from him. 



"Seen from a warden's viewpoint, conditions in western Connecticut are 

 most encouraging. Public sentiment is responding to the educational work of 

 the Audubon Society and an understanding of the economic value of our birds, 

 and the friends of protection can no longer be judged by names on the Audubon 

 roll. Meadowlarks have done well and have been very little disturbed, and 

 it is very rarely that a Gull is killed, and each species is on the increase. The 

 foreign element is still the greatest menace to song-birds, but where personal 

 work had been done in our Italian colony, explaining the laws and penalties, 

 not one has been known to violate the laws this season, — a strong argument 

 for more educational work among them. 



" Other places, however, have not been so fortunate, and since May first 

 seven arrests and convictions of Italians, and two convictions of Americans, 

 have been secured for violating the non-game laws, — one for the wanton kill- 

 ing of a Great Blue Heron by an American, who should have known better. 



"The new license fee is meeting with general favor, and will be a boom to 

 protection; the $15 license fee for aliens will prevent a large number of these 

 people from roaming the woods with a gun, and furnish a fund for better warden 

 service." 



Our Executive Committee has held several meetings in the year (omitting 

 the three summer months) and there is much interest and enthusiasm shown 

 in the work at these meetings. — Mrs. Helen W. Glover, Secretary. 



District of Columbia. — The work of our Society is planned by the Execu- 

 tive Committee, consisting of the oflicers of the Society and fourteen other 

 members. 



One of the most unique meetings was held in the fall, when, under the al)le 



