Reports of State Societies and Bird Clubs 519 



Virginia. — The Junior Audubon work has made progress the past year, 

 and great interest in it has been shown by children and teachers. The secre- 

 tary gave much time and attention to this phase of the work. A Bird Day 

 program was issued for May 4, Audubon's birthday, which, together with 

 Governor Stuart's proclamation for a general recognition of that day, was 

 largely distributed through the state. We held a most creditable exhibit during 

 the educational conference in Richmond last November, when much litera- 

 ture was distributed. Besides this, literature was sent to each superintendent 

 and many teachers, requesting their special attention to the formation of 

 Junior Classes in their schools. — (Mrs.) R. B. S^nxHEY, Secretary. 



West Virginia. — An educational committee was formed the past year con- 

 sisting of the president, vice-president, and Mrs. W. W. George, chairman. 

 This committee visited the superintendent of the local schools, and at his 

 invitation talked to a meeting of the principals on Junior work; to the pupils 

 on bird-conservation; and to the manual- training teachers on nesting-boxes 

 and feeding-boxes. The committee secured the active co5peration of the city 

 authorities in putting up nesting-boxes and a feeding-station in one of the city 

 parks. The boxes have been occupied. We were instrumental in having a good 

 deputy game-warden named for this county. The Rev. Earle A. Brooks was 

 appointed our representative at the annual meeting of the Field, Forest and 

 Game Protective Association, and was instructed to vote for a hunter's license- 

 fee and a closed season on Quails for three to five years. 



The best work we have ever accomphshed is the organization of Junior 

 Audubon Classes in the schools, and we feel under great obligations to the 

 National Association for enabling us to do this. The Society requested Mr. 

 Pearson to lend us two of his field-staff. He kindly directed Miss Katharine 

 H, Stuart and Dr. Eugene Swope to work with us for a few weeks. Our educa- 

 tional committee communicated with school authorities in the towns to be 

 visited, in order to prepare the way for these lecturers, who visited thirteen 

 cities and spoke in the schools, in some places giving public illustrated lectures. 

 Miss Stuart alone spoke to more than 12,000 children; and their combined 

 work resulted in the formation of 284 Junior Classes. In Parkersburg alone 

 806 Junior members were enrolled. One branch society was established at 

 Morgantown this year, called the West Virginia Bird Club, with a membership 

 of 41 and much enthusiasm for the work. — Ida M. Peters, Secretary. 



CLUBS AFFILIATED WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 



Audubon Society of Buffalo. — This Society was organized May 10, 

 1909, and now has a paid up membership of 240. Cooperating with the Buffalo 

 Society of Natural Sciences, we are privileged to hear five lectures a year by the 

 best talent that the country affords. For five years we have pubUshed, for 



