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Club, Woman's Club, and Social Center meetings at rural schools. In most of 

 these addresses, the radiopticon was used. The children are delighted to see 

 their feathered friends pictured on the screen. Most of the pictures are the 

 colored plates issued by the National Association. Pictures in black and white 

 are also used. This kind of lantern makes possible a large collection of pictures 

 at slight expense. — (Mrs.) W. B. Small, President. 



Maine. — The campaign of bird-protection has been carried forward with 

 more vigor than ever the past year. The Hon. C. H. Clark has continued his 

 work with clubs and schools in eastern Maine. Prof. W. L. Powers, of Machias, 

 gave a series of lectures illustrated by about a hundred lantern-slides loaned by 

 the State Secretary and Field Agent. His lectures were before classes in his 

 school, local clubs, and audiences composed of teachers. A local society was 

 organized here. Miss Cordelia J. Stanwood has continued her life-histories 

 of birds, and the publication of her results in popular and attractive reports. 

 Mrs. Frederick P. Abbott, of Saco, has carried the cause forward before the 

 women's clubs. Mrs. C. J. Buggell, President of the Bird Conservation Club, 

 of Bangor, has been active in legislative and demonstration work. Miss Nellie 

 E. Brown, of Bangor, on the occasion of the May meeting of the mothers in 

 the Kindergarten Association, organized a mass-meeting for a Bird Day 

 observance. Mr. Clark gave a lecture on birds and their value to man. An 

 exhibition of bird-houses, feeding-devices, books, charts, and leaflets formed a 

 feature of the meeting. A large number of Educational Leaflets furnished by 

 the National Association was distributed. — Arthur H. Norton, Secretary. 



Massachusetts. — Probably the greatest gathering of people interested in 

 birds and bird-protection that the state has ever seen was the one which greeted 

 T. Gilbert Pearson, Secretary of the National Association, who was the prin- 

 cipal speaker at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Audubon Society, 

 held in Huntington Hall, Boston, in March, 1915. More than 1,200 persons 

 crowded the hall, the platform and the aisles, and as many more waited 

 patiently for a second meeting, when the program was repeated. The audience 

 was at once a tribute to the speaker and to the interest in the cause here in 

 Massachusetts. Further evidence of this great interest was given at the two 

 illustrated lectures by William Finley in the same hall in October, persons 

 coming to Boston to attend them from all over the state. 



Surrounded by such enthusiasm the work of the Massachusetts Society 

 goes on bravely toward greater opportunities. During the year the member- 

 ship has increased, and the staff has carried on the usual work of the Society 

 with excellent success. Its exhibition of bird-protective appliances, bird-books, 

 charts, and literature of all sorts, has been increased, and larger numbers of 

 persons have come to view these and learn from them. The secretary has lec- 

 tured all over the state for schools, colleges, clubs and other organizations, and 



