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delermined to establish several feeding-grounds in our cemeteries, as he sug- 

 gested. They have proved eminently satisfactory, and we have had more 

 birds than ever before in Richmond. I feel sure the result of this increase of 

 Cardinals and Mockingbirds was due to this work. His thought of having the 

 song-birds keep vigil over our beloved dead is a beautiful idea. Bird- and 

 nature-study courses were given at the State University summer-school by 

 Ludlow Griscom, special agent of the National Association of Audubon Socie- 

 ties; and his morning walks with the teachers were well attended and very 

 delightful. 



During the year the Junior Audubon Classes numbered about 125, and the 

 pupils did excellent work all over the state, setting up bird-boxes and feeding- 

 stations everywhere. Our last Legislature gave us a State Forester, R. C. Jones, 

 and he has offered to assist me in my work for the birds. In closing this report 

 I must add a word of heartfelt appreciation to those who aided me in West 

 Virginia. In March I was assigned to visit eight towns in the interest of bird- 

 life, namely, Charlestown, Martinsburg, Keyser, Parkersburg, Hinton, Charles- 

 ton and Bluefield. Miss Ida M. Peters, Secretary of the West Virginia Audubon 

 Society, and her aid, Mrs. W. W. George, are doing a grand work all over their 

 state, and were untiring in making the way plain to me. My time was spent 

 in giving talks and illustrated lectures before schools, clubs, etc., and in inter- 

 viewing the ofi&cers of clubs. I called on Governor Hatfield, who received me 

 with great courtesy, expressed his desire to conserve the natural resources of 

 the state, and commended the work in which I was engaged. 



REPORT OF EUGENE SWOPE, FIELD AGENT FOR OHIO 



A changed attitude of mind toward wild birds is rapidly manifesting itself 

 throughout Ohio, and all protected birds that breed in the state are increasing 

 in numbers. 



The fact that 762 public-school teachers voluntarily organized Junior 

 Audubon Classes, and thereby brought 16,011 Ohio girls and boys under 

 special instruction in bird-study the past year, gives some hint of the onward 

 movement of the conservation idea; also, philanthropic Ohio citizens have 

 given more financial assistance this year than ever before. A continually 

 increasing number of the daily and weekly newspapers are giving space and 

 editorial attention to the cause of bird-protection. Some of our ablest cartoon- 

 ists rendered marked assistance last winter in our successful fight to secure a 

 continued closed season for the Bob-white. 



The Ohio Audubon Society of Cincinnati, the Audubon Society of Colum- 

 bus, and The Bird Lovers' Association of Cleveland, have in their respective 

 communities awakened much interest in the wild birds. Dr. R. C. Jones, the 

 President of the Cincinnati organization, gave fifteen illustrated bird-lec- 

 tures last year. He took a leading part in the fight against the Hawk and Owl 



