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Charles M. Greenway, of Flint; and H. E. Sargent, of Grand Rapids. The 

 Society has 258 members, and $143.11 in the treasury. 



Mrs. Munger, by her constructive work for better citizenship, has become 

 one of the assets of Michigan. She is one of the nation's forward-looking 

 women, the champion and defender of suffering hiunanity. Mr. Hoyt, the 

 oldest man in point of service in the game-warden department, will be of great 

 help in practical enforcement of the laws. Mr. Mershon, who is president of 

 the State Game and Protective Association, will continue to be, as he always 

 has been, the financial backbone of the organization. Mr. Greenway, editor 

 of the Flint Daily Journal, is one of the most prominent newspaper men in 

 the state. Mr. Sargent is director of the Kent Scientific Museum, and will help 

 the educational work tremendously, as he is always collecting material for 

 work in the schools and in other organizations. 



Much disappointment was expressed when a telegram was received on 

 Wednesday afternoon from the National Secretary, T. Gilbert Pearson, of 

 New York, stating that an unavoidable accident had prevented his reach- 

 ing Grand Rapids in time to give his anticipated lecture that evening. Mr 

 Mershon and Mr. Sargent gave enthusiastic talks on our common birds and 

 their characteristics and uses, showing Mr. Sargent's beautiful bird-slides. 

 Mr. Mershon dw^elt especially on the now extinct Passenger Pigeon. Mr. 

 Hoyt was requested to give a talk on the game-warden department, and 

 responded with an excellent address, full of practical suggestions as to how the 

 Society might make good use of the department in furthering the cause of 

 bird-protection. — Gertrude Re.a.ding, Secretary-Treasurer. 



Minnesota. — The work of the Society in this state has been along educa- 

 tional lines. The Secretary- has given several lectures on birds during the year, 

 two before the Minnesota Game and Fish Protective League. Our Public 

 Library has added to its collection a set of the bird-slides made by the 

 National Association of Audubon Societies, and these slides have been in great 

 demand by the teachers in both the grammar and the high schools. 



The winter of 1913-14 was favorable to winter birds, being mild, except 

 a few days of sub-zero weather, and with but little snow. The Minneapolis 

 Park Board has established bird-feeding stations in seven of the larger parks, 

 where a generous quantity of suet, seeds, and grain is distributed daily. The 

 smaller insectivorous birds have been very numerous during the summer, but 

 the shore-birds are getting scarcer every season. The Pinnated Grouse (Prairie 

 Hen) is holding its own in some districts, while in others it is getting rare. 

 Many of their nests were destroyed in the spring and early summer by heavy 

 rains which flooded the lowlands over great areas. At Heron Lake, in the 

 southwestern part of the state, a large nmnber of nests of the Black-crowned 

 Night Heron, and of Teals and other Ducks, were destroyed in the same way. 



The Minnesota Legislature will convene early in 1915, and a strong effort 



