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Bird - Lore 



the lectures adding materially to its 

 income, as there are no dues of any kind 

 connected with membership. The second 

 annual report appeared in November, 

 i8g8, and announces an increase of 1,100 

 members during the year. It referred to, 

 the fact that as a direct result of the ' Hat 

 Show ' several of the best milliners had 

 established special Audubon departments. 

 Lectures were given in many parts of the 

 state with most satisfactory results, and 

 finally, the cooperation of school teachers 

 was solicited to observe May 5, 1899, as 

 Bird-Day. A course of five lectures, by 

 Mr. Stone, will be given this year at the 

 Acorn Club, Philadelphia, beginning 

 March 16. A number of new slides have 

 been bought by the society to illustrate 

 these lectures, and the course promises to 

 be more interesting than ever. Since the 

 second report was issued seven new local 

 secretaries have been secured, making 42 

 in all. It is hoped that this number will 

 be doubled during the coming year, for as 

 the membership, which is now nearly 

 3,800, continues to increase, the need of 

 workers throughout the state becomes 

 more important every day. 



Julia Stockton Robins, Sec'y. 



INDIANA SOCIETY. 



In 1889 the Indiana Academy of Sci- 

 ence appointed a committee, of which I 

 was chairman, to secure the passage of 

 a satisfactory law for bird protection. 

 The committee accomplished nothing. It 

 was continued, and in 1891 secured the 

 enactment of the enclosed law. The 

 Academy of Science has, through its 

 efforts in the way of advancing science 

 work in the public schools of the state, 

 encouraged and taught bird protection. 

 In this it has had, since i8go, the co-oper- 

 ation of the Indiana Horticultural Society. 



In 1897 at different times several bodies 

 were interested in the movement in favor 

 of bird protection. These appointed com- 

 mittees. These committees united in a 

 call for a meeting to be held at Indian- 

 apolis. A programme was prepared, and 

 the meeting held in the State House 



April 26, 1898. I send you a copy of 

 the call and programme ; also of the con- 

 stitution of the Indiana Audubon Society. 

 The Governor, and Superintendent of 

 Public Instruction have both been much 

 interested, and as a consequence Bird 

 Day and Arbor Day were celebrated 

 October 28, 1898. The "Outline of 

 Township Institute Work" has gone into 

 the hands of every teacher and school 

 officer in the state. . . . You will 

 see that the work we are doing is prac- 

 tical, even though it is not so much as 

 some States are accomplishing. I have 

 not the enrollment or statement of publica- 

 tions issued, but counting the issue of 

 the State Department of Public Instruc- 

 tion, 20,000 copies of different articles, at 

 least, have been distributed. 



Amos W. Butler, Secy. 



ILLINOIS SOCIETY. 



The past year has shown a very marked 

 improvement as the results of bird pro- 

 tection and the general work of our Illinois 

 Audubon Society. While the fashion for 

 decorating hats with feathers still con- 

 tinues, yet there is a very noticeable 

 decrease in the display of aigrettes and 

 the feathers of wild birds. I have visited 

 the establishments of several of our Chi- 

 cago wholesale milliners and find that the 

 larger portion of their stock, this fall, is 

 made up of the feathers of the domestic 

 fowl and game birds. Our Audubon Soci- 

 ety has had two public meetings this year, 

 which were well attended, and the interest 

 in its work has rather increased than 

 abated. Our membership has increased 

 to 3,426. We have liberally distributed 

 leaflets, including 500 of our circulars, 

 stating the purpose of the society, to the 

 editors of local newspapers in the state, 

 with request that they aid the society by 

 publishing same and calling attention to it 

 editorially. 



On February 7, 1898, an Interstate Con- 

 vention was held in Chicago, represented 

 by the game and fish wardens, and dele- 

 gates appointed by the legislatures of the 

 six states which responded to the call. At 



