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members, have received outside of dues and returns from investments, $912.43 

 in donations, and still are very much in need of added funds for our work. — 

 WiNTHROP Packard, Secretary. 



■ Missouri. — The influence of the Society has been extended this year by 

 the addition to its membership list of names well known for their interest in 

 ornithology and wild-life protection. Affiliation with the Audubon Society 

 of bird clubs and nature study clubs has further strengthened our organization. 

 At the annual meeting, held in St. Louis, December 19, 1919, Dr. Harry Ober- 

 holser of the Bureau of Biological Survey, delivered a lecture on the habits of 

 wild Ducks and Geese and measures for protection, which called forth an inter- 

 esting discussion by sportsmen present and contributed an important message 

 on game-conservation to the state press. At the present writing reports from 

 hunters are being published on the extraordinary increase in the numbers of 

 Wood Ducks over those of recent years; this seems to be evidence of the success 

 of regulating hunting by the Migratory Bird Treaty. If the spirit of the 

 Federal laws is being enforced, the same unfortunately cannot be said for the 

 local bird-protective measures. The recent flagrant disregard and defiant 

 procedure of an officer of the State Fish Hatchery and the spiritless recognition 

 of his oft'ence by the State Warden have discredited his department and a 

 determined eftort to have it put to rights is now in progress. — Dr. Robert J. 

 Terry, Secretary. 



New Hampshire. — The past year has been a successful one with the 

 Audubon Society of New Hampshire, showing a continuance of the steady, 

 healthy growth it has had since organization. There has been a gain in member- 

 ship of about 100. As heretofore, constant activity in various fields of work has 

 been maintained — newspaper publicity, distribution of bulletins, lectures, 

 exhibits, and much individual correspondence. 



Last spring the Society published a "Check List of the Birds of New Hamp- 

 shire," giving the A. O. U. numbers, names, relative abundance or scarcity, 

 and seasonal habitats of all birds found at present in the state. This, the first 

 work of its kind issued, was in much demand and had a wide circulation through- 

 out the state. The requests for this publication, bulletins, and other literature, 

 shows the general interest, widespread and growing, in our bird-life and bird- 

 protection, due in large part to the constant efforts of Audubon Societies and 

 the loyalty of their members to the cause. — George C. Atwell, Secretary. 



New Jersey. — Under a plan for increasing receipts and by means of econ- 

 omies which necessitated unfortunate curtailment of some important activities, 

 we rounded the mile-stone of another year without experiencing any of the 

 financial crises that had marked some of the previous years. We have had an 

 income during the year, including the previous year's balance of $1,363.69, of 



