122 Dt'TCHER, Report of Cotnnii/tee on Bird Protection. \^"^ 



Audubon Work. — The State Society is particularly aggressive 

 and is doing fine work, especially in educational lines. The 

 chairman of their Executive Committee reports the distribution of 

 about 4,000 leaflets. "In addition, 2,200 warning notices have 

 been sent to every part of the State ; 300 of these were posted in 

 the offices of the Southern Express Company and one in every 

 post office in the State. 



"Fifteen Massachusetts Audubon Bird Charts, accompanied by 

 the 'First and Second Book of Birds' (Miller), are in circulation 

 as the nucleus of a library. They are in charge of local secretaries 

 who place them in schools in their towns. Notices have been sent 

 to persons found violating State bird laws, and sales of caged wild 

 birds have been prevented. Letters were written to Florida Con- 

 gressmen urging the passage of the Alaska Game bill. An article 

 was written by a member of the Society on the aigrette, entitled 

 * Does Fashion make Women Heartless ? ' This was originally 

 published in the Florida ' Times-Union ', was copied in many 

 other papers, and was eventually published in leaflet form for 

 general distribution. 



"As the introduction of bird study in schools seemed to be a 

 matter to bring before the people, several articles on this subject 

 have been contributed to the ' Times-Union ', and all have been 

 published, through the courtesy of the editor, Mr. Wilson. 



"Special editorials on bird protection have been written and 

 published by Mr. Painter, editor of the ' Florida Agriculturist.' 



" For the first time, in Florida, summer schools were opened 

 at various large centers, and it was the endeavor of the Society to 

 have some attention given to bird and nature study, and it is felt 

 that our success was largely forwarded by Mr. Sheats, State 

 Superintendent of Instruction. The influence of the summer work 

 is showing itself in the schools of the State, as the following 

 extracts from letters bear witness : ' East Florida Seminary and 

 Military Institute, J. M. Guilliam, Sup't. In our science work we 

 show the value of birds and shall try to have every student leave 

 the institution a lover and protector of birds.' The President of 

 the State Norm.al School says : ' Our model school has a large 

 amount of nature study and we urge young teachers to cultivate a 

 love of birds and explain their economic value to their pupils. It 



