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half an invalid, living in a suburban neighborhood and near to a grade-school. 

 In this school are fifteen girls, from twelve to fourteen years of age, whom I have 

 known for seven years, and who had a little start in bird-study from a teacher 

 of great ability, who is no longer with us. I would like to organize them into a 

 Junior Audubon class, and also make them an auxiliary to our neighborhood 

 Association. In the field-work I think the teacher I mention would help the 

 girls, as she has a warm interest in them, and is teaching only a mile away. 

 I have a good supply of bird-books, and the city library is available." 



MORRISVILLE (MADISON COUNTY, N. Y.) BIRD CLUB 

 Organized by H. Findlay 



The subjoined picture of the Morrisville (N. Y.) Bird Club shows the result 

 of the efforts of an instructor in the New York State School of Agriculture, 

 whose interest in the economic value of birds has led him to appeal to the 

 children of his vicinity to unite in an organized effort to attract amd protect 

 birds. Evidently this work was undertaken in a community where a general 

 awakening was needed, as there seems to be no reference to Junior Audubon 

 Societies in the schools of the neighborhood, but its effect is quite as far- 

 reaching. 



Still another illustration of ways in which outside workers may reach the 

 schools and render permanent the foundation laid by Junior Audubon Socie- 

 ties — or, where such organizations do not yet exist, open the way for them — 

 is shown by the work of a woman of means, who cordially and earnestly sought 

 to promote an interest in birds in the grade-school of her community by coopera- 



