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in the Legislature to permit the destruction of the Great Blue Heron and 

 the Kingfisher. Our Society wants to count large for bird-conservation, and 

 looks forward to a future of increasing usefulness. — ^Manley B. Townsend, 



Secretary. 



New Jersey. — The fifth annual meeting of the New Jersey Audubon 

 Society was held in the Public Library, Newark, October 5, 19 15. The Board 

 of Trustees was reelected, except Mr. and Mrs. R. Bruce Horsfall, absent 

 from the state. Bishop Edwin S. Lines, of Newark, and Miss Mary Pierson 

 Allen were elected to fill the vacancy. At the annual meeting of the Board of 

 Trustees, immediately following. Col. Anthony R. Kuser was elected president, 

 and the vice-president and secretary-treasurer were reelected. During the year 

 the Society has added one patron, 49 sustaining members, 340 members, 22 

 associate members, and 4,745 junior members. Under an arrangement with 

 the National Association it has organized 421 Junior Audubon Classes, 15 

 less than the high record of last year, but with a membership of 9,395, or 122 

 more than last year. Twelve lectures were given, at schools, churches, and 

 elsewhere by the secretary during the year. Several objectionable bills were 

 defeated in the legislature, and two progressive bills were passed. The receipts 

 for the year were $3,923.14 and the disbursements were $3,532.41, leaving a 

 balance for the year of $390.73. — B. S. Bowdish, Secretary. 



Ohio.— The first year under the administration of our new president. Dr. 

 Robert C. Jones, has been very successful. This is due to the energetic man- 

 ner in which he has devoted himself to the work, and to the faithful assistance 

 given by the Board of Directors, as well as by the Society at large. Our mem- 

 bership has increased so rapidly that we have outgrown the small, though 

 exceedingly pleasant, quarters in the library of the Cuvier-Press Club, and 

 now meet in the large lecture-room of the Public Library, where we have the 

 use of a first-class stereopticon. Miss Katherine Rattermann, who for many 

 years had been the efiicient and widely-known secretary and treasurer, was 

 compelled by stress of other duties to lay down the burden of office. 



The educational work in the schools, as well as in churches, clubs, and 

 organizations of various kinds, continues to be the most important feature of 

 our work. It is our plan to have lecturers visit every school in Cincinnati and 

 surrounding cities during the coming winter months. We are fortunate in hav- 

 ing among our members a goodly number of men and women who are excel- 

 lent speakers, and who are willing to devote their time and efforts to the good 

 cause. PubKc sentiment all through th is part of Ohio is highly favorable to 

 the cause of bird-protection. Wherever one goes, in the city or in the country, 

 he may see nesting-boxes, bird-baths, and feed-boxes of all kinds erected for the 

 use of the Uttle feathered visitors. The Park Commission of Cincirmati has 

 purchased several hundred nesting-boxes and feeding-trays during the past 



