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Ridgewood, N. J., Ridgewood Section, Bergen County Sports- 

 men's Fish and Game Protective Association and general pub- 

 lic, February 14, 1919, attendance about 100 ; Rutherford, N. J., 

 Benefit of Camp Fire Girls and New Jersey Audubon Society, 

 February 24, 1919, attendance about 150, $12.00 received; 

 Newark, N. J., Madison School, February 28, 1919, for benefit 

 of pupils of school, by request of science teacher; High Bridge, 

 N. J., Junior Y. M. C. A. and bird house contest, April 9, 1919, 

 also acting as judge in contest, about 100 present, expenses 

 paid; Hackensack, N. J., School No. 4, April 11, 1919, for 

 pupils and teachers, about 400 present, $2.00 contributed; At- 

 lantic Highlands, N. J., Community Club Bird Day, May 9, 

 1919, also acting as judge in contest, about 200 present, S5.00 

 contributed ; Newark, N. J., Chiacong Tribe, A¥oodcraft 

 League, May 14, 1919, twenty-minute talk on ''Birds"; Hack- 

 ensack, N. J., State Street School, May 15, 1919, for teachers 

 and pupils^ about 700 present, $2.00 contributed ; High Bridge, 

 N. J., Y. M. C. A. Bo3^s' Camp, Camp Taylor, July 24, 1919, 

 about 70 boys, leaders and directors present. The following 

 morning at 5 o'clock the Secretary took a party of leaders for 

 a bird walk and advice in taking parties of boys for bird walks. 



Bird House Contests : In addition to the contests mentioned 

 in connection with lectures, the firm of L. S. Plant & Co. held 

 its third annual bird house contest April 21, 1919, your Secre- 

 tary again acting as one of the judges, and on his recom- 

 mendation our fellow member, Mr. Walter Fox Allen, acting 

 as another. The contest was a very successful one, developing 

 great variety, ingenuity and skill in the entries of contestants. 

 These contests serve a highly useful purpose in stimulating 

 the making and use of bird houses. 



School Bird Clubs : As has already been mentioned, the 

 Society was without funds to provide new material for this 

 year's school work. The school term was commenced \\ ith a 

 meager balance of leaflets left from the successful work of 

 the previous year, and despite the handicap that many of the 

 children had already had these leaflets, 315 School Bird Clubs 

 were organized, with a total membership of 4,953, before ex- 

 haustion of leaflet balance compelled the discontinuance of 

 the work. Thereafter many teachers reporting Clubs or- 

 ganized had to be disappointed, as well as their eager pupils, 

 and there was every indication that the year would have been 

 a banner one in this work had we had the means to actively 



