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Mr. Ingrahani a id 1 visited hi> ^ra\t', in a ( (xdaiuil grove, on the point of East 

 Cape Sable, overU)oking the Ijruad waters thai he strove so faithfully to make 

 safe for the feathered life that heautilied them. The grave is on a shell ridge 

 beyond reach of the highest tide, and itself a mound of pink and white sea-shells. " 

 Mr. Munroe then suggests that the Florida Audubon Society erect a memorial 

 tablet to mark this grave. Acting on this suggestion the Executive Committee 

 voted to do so. While plans were being made, a request for contributions for the 

 same object was ]iroposed by Mr. Butcher in the National report for October, 

 ic;o6. Through the kindness of Mr. Butcher, $16 sent him by various contrib- 

 utors was given to the Florida Society to add to their funds and an appropriate 

 bronze tablet affixed to a headstone will mark the spot where the body of Guy M. 

 Bradley lies. A letter from Mrs. E. R. Bradley reads: "The tablet in memory 

 of our dear son is received. We thank all the kind friends who have united in 

 getting it. " The tablet, which is of bronze and measures twelve inches by 

 eighteen inches, is reproduced herewith. 



To Mr. Kirk Munroe and to contributors especial thanks from the Florida 

 Society are due. — Mrs. Kingsmill Marrs, Chairman oj Executive Committee. 



Illinois. — The Illinois Audubon Society entered its second decade April i, 

 1907. Of its present directors, live have been members of the board for the ten 

 years of the Society's existence. Two general meetings have been held this last 

 year; one in Becember with Mr. W. L. Finley, as speaker, and the annual meet- 

 ing in May, when Prof. Francis Herrick spoke on the 'Nest Building and Life 

 of Wild Birds. ' 



No Leaflets have been published but a Migration Record for Schools has 

 been })rinted and is being sent to teachers. Several of the directors have done 

 good work in some of the Chicago schools and migration records, charts and 

 Leaflets have been given by the Society in some cases. 



The excellent work done in many of the schools of the state is increasing, 

 being largely due to the interest in birds of many teachers and a few of the county 

 superintendents. In some of the counties, every school in the county observed 

 Arbor and Bird Bay. 



In the annual letter of the secretary in the Arbor and Bird Bay Annual, 

 the subject of Government Reservations for Bird Protection was treated and 

 the suggestion made that the children consider their school grounds as 'reser- 

 vations' and themselves as ' wardens. ' 



At the meeting of the Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs last October, 

 largely through the elTorts of ^Irs. Frahe, the president, a resolution was adopted, 

 placing the State Federation on record as against the wearing of feathers. Mrs. 

 Becker, president of the General Federation, was at the meeting and through 

 the kindly offices of herself and Mrs. Fletcher, chairman of the Outlook Com- 

 mittee of the General Federation, and after correspondence with Mr. Butcher 

 and the secretary of the Illinois .Audubon Society, the subject of Audubon work 



