December i ; Blackwood, December 4 ; Williamstown, Decem- 

 ber 5; Lakewood, December 8; Elmer, December 11; Woods- 

 town, December 14; Shiloh, December 18; Marlton, Decem- 

 ber 20, 191 1, and Freehold, March 8, 1912. Public lectures 

 were also given at Woodbury, November 17, 191 1, and at the 

 Y. M. C. A. Boys Camp, Lake Wawayanda, August 12, 1912. 



One of the principal fields of activity on the part of the Society 

 during the past year has been the stimulating of bird study in 

 the schools. By a plan of co-operation with the National Asso- 

 ciation of Audubon Societies a scheme for such study was offered 

 to the teachers of the State. Every teacher forming a Junior 

 Audubon Class of ten or more members, and sending in the 

 names with dues of ten cents each, received the magazine Bird- 

 Lore for one year free. She also received a number of special 

 leaflets on bird study and protection for herself, and a set of 

 ten Educational Bird Leaflets with colored plates and outlines for 

 coloring for each member of her class. Each member of such 

 class received a Goldfinch Audubon button and became a Junior 

 Member of the Society. 



By this means there were formed in the State of New Jersey 

 411 Junior Audubon Classes with a total membership of 8,910 

 prior to the close of the class season, June 15. This was nearly 

 half of the total result of such work in 18 States operating under 

 this plan, showing how readily the teachers and school children 

 of New Jersey appreciated the importance as well as pleasure 

 of such study. 



The largest Junior Audubon Class organized (in New Jersey 

 or elsewhere) was that formed by Miss Ina C. De Witt, of 

 Tenafly, comprising 279 members. The second largest class was 

 organized by Miss Florence Cook, of Passaic, with 80 members. 



The first class, 25 members, was sent in by Miss Hilda E. 

 Pierson, of Lawrenceville, on February 26, and the last, 11 mem- 

 bers, by Miss Vera Stearns, of East Orange, June 3. 



The 411 classes were scattered through 138 towns and every 

 county in the State. Newark led with 54 classes ; Bayonne was 

 next with 19; Perth Amboy had 17; Montclair, 16; Vineland, 12, 

 and Woodbury, 11. Other towns ranged from i to 8. Bergen 



