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dred notices, publications, Bird-Lore Circulars and Leaflets have been sent 

 out this past season. More children belong to the Society than ever before. 

 We know that each year this Society grows in strength and efficiency." — 

 Mrs. John Dewhurst Patten, Secretary. 



Florida. — "Membership, including all grades, 830; Leaflets and circu- 

 lars distributed, 8,000; summary of the state bird laws for posting, 75; 

 warning notices for posting in hotels, stations and express offices, 500 (for 

 those in express offices through the state thanks are due the Southern 

 Express Co.); Audubon Charts for use of schools, 36; teachers having 

 free membership, 122. Five prizes of two dollars each were given for com- 

 petitive papers on ' Birds' at ' The Students-Help Fair.' Two leaflets have 

 been published. ' The Palmetto Club ' of Daytona, ' The Florida Federation 

 of Women's Clubs,' and the 'Fortnightly' at Palm Beach, subscribe for 'sus- 

 taining memberships.' The ' Housekeepers Club ' of Cocoanut Grove and 

 ' Fortnightly ' at Winter Park, have annual memberships ; the ' Sunshine 

 Society ' includes the care and love of birds in its altruistic teachings. At 

 the Robert Hungerford Normal and Industrial School, Eatonville (for 

 colored children), 'bird talks' with the charts have been given, while even- 

 ings are frequently devoted to song and recitations on birds. Our failure to 

 enlist the cooperation of teachers generally, is a matter of great regret. This- 

 year the school boards of Orange county have promised that one hour each 

 week shall be devoted to bird study in the schools. The Florida Audubon 

 Society supply, free, charts and literature. 



"At the annual meeting of the ' State Federation of Women's Clubs ' in 

 April, at Tampa, able papers were read on bird protection. Mrs. E. A. 

 Graves, chairman of the Bird Preservation Committee, reported active 

 interest and good work in a majority of the twenty - two clubs of the 

 Federation. The Auxiliary Committee at Port Orange and San Mateo have 

 been efficient helpers. At Cocoanut Grove Mrs. Kirk Munroe formed in 

 January, 1906, a club of twenty-five boys, 'who are banded together not 

 only for the protection of birds but for good citizenship.' 'The Rangers ' is 

 the name the boys have taken. When elected, each boy pledges not to kill 

 a bird, and to protect, as well, all animals from cruel treatment. The club 

 motto is ' Be kind to the birds.' Some native bird is chosen each week for 

 study and for discussion at the club meetings. The Florida Audubon Society 

 has offered a prize (book) to the club for the best essay on birds. Most of 

 the boys have been preparing for this during the summer. It will be awarded 

 this fall. 



' The subject of providing game wardens is a serious one. Few respon- 

 sible men, after the murder of Guy M. Bradley, are willing thus to jeopar- 

 dize their lives, for, if the laws of the state cannot be enforced and criminals 

 brought to justice, no man has a guarantee for his safety. There are forty- 



