"The children are bringing bird articles to read at our Club 

 meetings. Last Tuesday one of the girls brought a Saturday 

 Evening Post (February 6, 1915), asking me to read the ariicle 

 'Laysan.' Most of this was unreadable for her, so she begged me 

 to 'teir it. If you have read it you will know that a teacher found 

 abundant material to work up and to work v/ith. 



"I have fifteen or eighteen nests and know but two or three 

 of them. T'hey are all last year's nests and we are studying them 

 relative to the construction and materials used. It is most inter- 

 esting to w^atch the youngsters investigate. In one of the nests we 

 found some gray strings. The children recognized them as their 

 cotton warp, which we used last year to string our looms for 

 weaving. Later we learned that the nest was found near the school 

 house. We all agree that the birds' weaving beats ours, and bits 

 of string are being placed about for the little builders." Sara S. 

 Rainear, New Brunswick, N. J. 



"The members of our Society are very much interested in what 

 work we have done concerning the welfare of birds. They are so 

 pleased with the leaflets that they wish me to thank you again for 

 them." Marion O. Wikoff, Gladstone, N. J. 



"Our Junior Audubon Society are greatly pleased with the 

 plates and leaflets. They are very much interested and enthusias- 

 tic." Miss O. B. Atchison, Cresskill, N. J. 



"The leaflets and buttons came and the children are deligh^-ed 

 with them. We shall use them as a basis for part of our English 

 work. Each child is going to keep a calendar of bird observations. 

 Last spring over fifty different birds were observed by the vari- 

 ous children. My ch Idren mostly come from the country, driving 

 several miles to school, and they have grown keenly observant. 

 Seven or eight bought bird books last spring. I have two grades 

 aad I have them compete in making greatest number of observa- 

 tions. We took several bird walks, with a large number of birds 

 to our credit. This month the boys are interested in making 

 bird boxes. Have you a pamphlet giving exact dimensions desir- 

 able, depth of cavity in log and diameter of entrance hole?" Eliza- 

 beth L. Gillingham, Moorestown, N. J. 



"Enclosed pldase find seventy cents, fees for seven additional 

 members of our Stockton Junior Audubon Class. The Class, of 

 twenty members, which was formed in December, 1914, is very 

 enthusiastic in our bird study. The leaflets and pictures create a 

 great deal of interest, so much that these seven others have asked 

 to join us. I wish you the very best of success in your splendid 

 work." Sue E. Garis, East Orange, N. J. 



"Our record for the entire school is not quite up to what it 

 was last year. For the year 1914 we had 357 members, but for 

 1915 our school membership is 315. I think this falling ofT is not 

 due to lack of interest, but on account of the hard times. This 

 year, to create a little more interest, the class that has the highest 

 percentage_ of members is to have the picture of Audubon framed 

 and hung in the class room for one year. There has been consid- 

 erable interest shown." Ina C. DeWitt, Tenafly, N. J. 



