NEW JERSEY AUDUBON SOCIETY 



"The children are deHghted with the stories and more so with 

 the pictnres. We have a lesson on a new bird every week. That 

 day every one is sure to be present. They draw the birds still 

 larger than the pictures. About twenty of the boys and girls have 

 made various kinds of bird houses. The girls make them nearly as 

 good as the lo\s. Every day some one has a new story to tell 

 about what he has seen new this spring about some bird. We had 

 a large paper on the blackboard where the name of the bird and 

 the date of its arrival was written with the child's name. This 

 made others more eager to watch out for them. 



"Out of the thirteen schools in our Township, I think Newfield 

 School is the only one that has joined your Society. As it has 

 been such a help to my pupils I will try to encourage the teachers 

 to interest their pupils next year." Bertha I. Atkins, Franklinville. 



'T think these Clubs are fine things for children. They learn 

 to know many of the birds, and best of all, they learn to love them. 

 Some of the parents have told me they were surprised at the 

 number of birds their children knew when they were out in the 

 woods with them." Addie D. Eastman, Plainfield. 



"In previous years I have had very good results from the 

 children and much interest has been aroused. In fact it sometimes 

 seems to me that all the disabled or dead birds in town were 

 brought to me." Florence A. Brainerd, Westfield. 



"Wish to tell you how very much the leaflets, buttons, etc., 

 appealed to the children. The set of ten were all taken at once and 

 seven more v^ant them. The material surely shows an understand- 

 ing of children's interests and seems to me remarkably well gotten 

 up. The children love to color the pictures and are delighted with 

 the buttons. We went out early last Saturday morning and saw 

 so many of the warblers, etc." Helen Paul, Moorestown. 



"These pupils are first year High School, are very enthusiastic 

 and have taken many bird trips with me. We hold a meeting every 

 Friday after school where a program is given, arranged by the 

 pupils. Our next program consists in answering questions asked 

 bv our President (a pupil) on the Purple Martin. On Decoration 

 Day the Club, on an all day's trip, identified forty-two varieties of 

 birds." Cordelia H, Arnold, Atlantic Cit>^ 



Despite the deflection of many who, having put their shoulder 

 to the wheel of bird protection, turn back, despite the difficulties 

 that in these most trying times confront all efforts to overcome 

 such deflection and to secure such numbers of recruits as to 

 offset losses and add steady gain to our forces, the fact that 

 the Society, accomplishing in no small measure the objects for 

 which it is organized, year by year maintains itself and steadily, 

 even if slowly, grows, proves that not only is the cause of our 

 existence worth while and so recognized by the public, but that 

 if there is united and persistent effort on the part of all, we 



