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pictures. The Club has maintained fourteen winter feeding-stations in co- 

 operation with Boy Scouts and has supphed bird-houses to a number of its 

 members. The balance in its treasury is now $137.57 including $44 subscribed 

 toward establishing a bird sanctuary in the Staten Island woods, with about 

 $100 more subscribed but not paid in. The membership now numbers 138. — 

 Charles W. Leng, Secretary. 



Ulster (Pa.) Nature Club. — The most popular feature of our activities 

 are the frequent walks we take in fields and woods. Our Club is small — only 

 seven members — and our study of birds having only extended over the past 

 four or five years, we feel rather proud of what we have learned, especially 

 through observation. Our list for 1920, at this date (September 25) numbers 

 118 birds. During the past winter we maintained feeding stations at our homes, 

 having many regular visitors. Miss Louise Reynders has a well-organized 

 Junior Audubon Society in our public school and has done much to interest 

 children in bird-life. An increasing interest throughout our small village is also 

 noticeable. — (Mrs.) Fred E. Mather, President. 



Vigo County (Ind.) Bird Club. — In September, 1920, we completed our 

 fourth year with a membership of 70, while the Junior Audubon membership, 

 because of the enthusiastic work of some of our members who are teachers, 

 has reached almost 500. In March a Bird-box Contest was held, about 100 

 children entering. Great improvement in the boxes was shown over previous 

 efforts, as this year the children worked according to specifications. 



On November 21, 1919, Amos Butler, of Indianapolis, gave an illustrated 

 lecture on "Birds of Indiana" to a large and appreciative audience. Every 

 meeting of the year was well attended and many interesting talks were given 

 by members. A number of field-trips were taken, the habits and nests of birds 

 being specially noted. During the spring migration, bird-lists were made by 

 four of our members and sent to the Biological Survey. The Indiana State 

 Audubon Society meeting held in May at Martinsville was attended by 

 three of our members. 



More and more interest is being shown in serious bird-study and bird-pro- 

 tection. Two members have been given police power to arrest persons found 

 molesting birds or their nests. All parks and cemeteries in Terre Haute, as well 

 as a wooded stretch known as the "Tow-Path," are now bird sanctuaries, and 

 it is the hope of the Club that our whole city may soon be known as a'sanctuary 

 for our feathered friends. — (Miss) Sarah J. Elliot, Secretary. 



Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs. — The chairmanship of 

 the Bird Committee came to me without any plans with which to begin work, 

 so the past year has been spent in laying the foundation for some definite ideas 

 to present to the clubs for work. At the State Federation meeting we advocated 



