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bird protection has been so tliorouglily brought l^efore tlio general 

 pubHc, it has awakened an interest in luindreds who previously 

 were but casual observers, but are now true bird lovers, and look 

 at nature's gifts in a different light than ever before. From my 

 correspondence with the secretaries of your various eastern soci- 

 eties, it is delightful to see what extensive progress they are all 

 making. We must all work to increase our memberships, for the 

 more we can enroll, the greater will be the scope of our work." 



In addition to the work done by Mr. Deane and the Illinois 

 Audubon Society, I wish to call particular attention to the excel- 

 lent individual work done by one of the members of the Union, 

 the Rev. George B. Pratt of Chicago ; his example could be 

 followed to great advantage by the members of the Union in 

 other portions of the country. He says in a recent letter: "I 

 addressed 75 women and 50 children the other day on bird pro- 

 tection, and next week I go for four days to a girls' school at 

 Kenosha, Wisconsin, to take classes out for observation ; I have 

 done this for three years past, and have reaped splendid results 

 in awakening interest. In connection with my sacred church, God 

 gives me magnificent blessings among the kingdom of the blessed 

 birds. 



Wisconsin. 



The work in this State has progressed very rapidly and sys- 

 tematically, and is in a more advanced condition than in many of 

 the other States. 



Prof. H. Nehrling, an Active member of the Union, reports as 

 follows : " An Audubon Society was founded April 20, 1S97, with 

 Mrs. Mary Gifford Peckham of Milwaukee as President, and 

 Miss Madge Anderson of the same city as Secretary. Mrs. 

 Henry F. Whitcomb, one of the Directors, has given bird lectures 

 for three or four years, making protection her main plea, and it 

 is due to her good work, that an Audubon Society could be 

 founded. Like societies have been created in four cities in 

 Wisconsin. 



" To Mrs. J. J. Upham, the wife of a former governor, is due 

 the passage of a law for Bird Day, now celebrated in our State, 

 together with Arbor Day. 



