NEW JERSEY AUDUBON SOCIETY 



feel sure that if members realized the great possibilities of a 

 little individual effort, the gain from such source would be many 

 times more. 



Legislation: A cat license bill, essentially similar to those 

 that the Society has championed for the past two years, was 

 introduced in the last Legislature and was backed by the Society 

 as earnestly as though it were our own measure. As heretofore, 

 it appeared to meet with the same apathy in the Legislature as 

 former bills, and failed to pass. Our bill for according perma- 

 nent protection to the Bobolink was again introduced at the 

 behest of the Society and despite a very energetic campaign on 

 our part met with the same lack of sympathy and failed to pass. 

 The annual bounty bill, this time providing for bounties on 

 hawks and crows, was again introduced by the enemies of birds, 

 and met with the same effective opposition that we have accorded 

 such measures in the past. We rejoice to record that it was 

 easily defeated. 



Newspaper Work: In the field of publicity work, so im- 

 portant to our cause, we have steadily increased our activity. 

 Three special news articles have been sent to the press of the 

 State, ''Aubudon Society Opposes Plan for Sparrow Extermina- 

 tion," December 8; "Birds as Crop Protectors," April 2; "Our 

 Feathered Aviation Corps," July 16. The co-operation shown 

 us by the press of the State continues to increase, and returns 

 indicate a steadily growing use of these articles. In addition 

 to these special news articles we have secured the publication 

 of a number of local items which have been of interest and 

 of great value to our cause. Chief among these may be men- 

 tioned an article, "Bird Lovers Rejoice that State Headquarters 

 of Audubon Society have been Opened in this City," with which 

 the Nezvark Evening News of February 12, greeted our advent 

 in Newark ; an article in the same paper of September 22, call- 

 ing attention to the importance of our work in general and in 

 the schools in particular, and a similar article in the Newark 

 Sunday Call for October 14. All of these were prominent, 

 illustrated display articles. In several instances various papers 

 have made favorable editorial comment on our work, which has 

 been of great value to us. 



The Bulletin: We are glad to record that during the past 

 year the Bulletin has been issued regularly at two-month in- 

 tervals. Six issues have thus appeared, each containing a half- 

 tone illustration, and there have been eight communications 



