5o8 Bird - Lore 



the colonies of birds breeding on the coasts of Florida and Louisiana, part of 

 the time accompanied by ex-President Roosevelt. Nearly three miles of motion- 

 films of bird-life were obtained, from which three reels have already been 

 exhibited and are on hand for the use of the Association. A two-reel production 

 from these films, entitled 'The Spirit of Audubon,' has also been issued by the 

 Thanhouser Film Corporation, of New Rochelle, New York, which supplied 

 the motion-picture outfit for the expedition. This Association receives no 

 further financial profit by the arrangement, but looks for an advantageous 

 publicity and a spreading of the educational propaganda. It is much to be 

 desired that members and friends of the National Association, and especially 

 the school authorities, in all parts of the country, should endeavor to induce 

 managers of local theaters to obtain and exhibit this beautiful and instructive 

 production, in order that it may be seen by children everywhere. 



A number of lectures, illustrated with lantern-slides, were given by me 

 during the past season, at places scattered from Maine to Maryland. In the 

 former state a lecture was given in the legislative chamber of the state capitol 

 at Augusta. In Maryland a lecture was given in a theater in Baltimore on the 

 occasion of the organization of the Maryland Wild-Life Protective Association. 

 Lectures with motion-pictures are now available, and duplicate motion-films 

 are being prepared to be used by other lecturers for the Association. 



To provide for the Association a library of bird-photographs useful in 

 varied publicity work, I have taken during the past year several hundred new 

 photographs, and have also given the Association a considerable series of pic- 

 tures from my own collection. 



The excellent financial condition of the Department is shown in the report 

 of the Treasurer of the Association. 



REPORT OF MARY S. SAGE, ORGANIZER 

 IN SCHOOLS 



During November, 1914, I lectured and worked in the schools of Babylon 

 and Patchogue, New York, and was welcomed in both towns by the superin- 

 tendents and principals. Several Junior Audubon Classes were immediately 

 formed. In March, 191 5, I went to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and spoke in 

 every school in the city, both colored and white, and in all country schools that 

 were equipped with a lantern. Forty-three lectures were given, reaching a 

 total of nearly 12,000 school-children in and around Chattanooga. 



The last of May found me in Rhode Island, where lectures were given in 

 Newport, in Providence, in the small schools between those cities, and at Fall 

 River, Massachusetts. 



In June I went to the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco, and 

 gave more than thirty lectures in the Palace of Education. Many teachers 

 brought groups of children to the Exposition, and to these groups I gave talks 



