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Dungeness Spit, a similar barrier protect- 

 ing Dungeness Harbor. Both are favor- 

 ably situated for protecting migrating 

 and breeding water-fowl. Thus it will 

 be seen that the good work of establish- 

 ing Federal bird-reservations, first started 

 and long fostered by the National Asso- 

 ciation of Audubon Societies, continues 

 to go forward. 



A Useful Teacher 



Literally hundreds of charming letters 

 are received from teachers who have 



Value of Our Birds.' 'The Winter Birds 

 and Their Food,' and 'Protective Color- 

 ing of Birds.' Once we had a debate on 

 'The Crow, — should it be protected,' 

 when we decided that Crows should be 

 protected. 



Mrs. Wood, the mother of the president, 

 very kindly gave us the use of an extra 

 room in her house for a club-room. We 

 decorated it with nests and leaflet-pic- 

 tures, and a chart was bought to use at 

 the meetings. 



"The dues yearly are five cents, and 

 the money is spent for Audubon leaflets, 



THE BIRDS ON PELICAN ISLAND, FLORIDA. HAVE HAD A GOOD SEASON 



formed .\udubon classes. Here is a 

 sample one from Miss Ruth M. Wood, of 

 Merrimac, ^lassachusetts: 



"When our Junior Audubon Class was 

 organized in Merrimac, we had ten girls 

 as members, with Miss Myra Worster for 

 Local Secretary. The class was named 

 'Girls' Audubon Class.' We had only one 

 meeting when Miss Worster left her 

 school in Merrimac to teach in Boston. 

 The class chose Ruth Wood to act as 

 leader. The class meets every two weeks, 

 and we have walks about once a month. 

 At the meetings we usually have talks 

 on some subject, such as 'The Jiconomic 



etc. A few weeks ago, the class made a 

 chart which is to be placed in all the 

 grades of the elementary schools for one 

 week at a time. Pictures of the Robin, 

 Bluebird, Oriole, Hummingbird, Song 

 Sparrow, Catbird, Whip-poor-will, and 

 Blue Jay were pasted on a large sheet of 

 cardboard, and 'Protect the Birds' was 

 written in large letters at the bottom. A 

 poem and two clippings were placed on 

 the cardboard to call attention to the 

 value of birds. The leaflets given with 

 each picture are taken to the teachers with 

 the chart. At present the class has si.^- 

 teep mpmberg." 



