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bat swept the cotton fields, and was, in fact, a winged stomach for the 

 destruction of flying insect life ; that the Bull-bat regarded the cotton 

 boll-weevil as an especial dainty, and that if there were enough Bull- 

 bats the cotton boll-weevil would cease to exist. The Texas Audubon 

 Society can, and will, in the course of time, fulfil its mission. " — M. B. 

 Davis, Secretary. 



Vermont. — "The chief work of the Audubon Society for the past year 

 has been educational. Lectures have been given to teachers and school 

 children, junior societies organized, and young people throughout the state 

 interested in bird protection. The junior members, to the number of several 

 hundred, are enthusiastic in putting up bird-houses, feeding winter birds, 

 studying their life histories, reporting offenders against the game laws, and 

 otherwise aiding Audubon interests, Three traveling libraries are in con- 

 stant circulation among country schools, especially in localities where there 

 is little sentiment for the protection of birds. At the State Summer School 

 for teachers, one of the instructors gave lectures on birds and conducted 

 daily walks, and at some of the grange meetings, talks on birds, in their 

 relation to agriculture, have been given to the farmers. 



"In cooperation with the Vermont Bird Club, the Audubon Society is 

 preparing posters printed in several languages and containing the game laws. 

 These are to be placed wherever they are especially needed for the informa- 

 tion of the foreigners, who are the worst offenders against these laws. Bird 

 migration lists, which are filled out by members in all parts of the state, and 

 sent to the secretary, will eventually be valuable in revising the state list. 



"While none of these activities is in itself large, it is hoped, by means 

 of them all, to exert a far-reaching influence on educational forces, and to 

 build a foundation upon which excellent work for the Audubon Society may 

 be done in the future." — Miss Delia I. Griffin, Secretary. 



Wisconsin. — " The Wisconsin Audubon Society has continued its pre- 

 vious lines of work, the principal being the publication of our little magazine 

 ' By the Wayside ' This enterprise absorbs the greater part of the Society's 

 funds, but, as it reaches and interests more children than could be reached 

 in any other way, it is considered our most important work. The excellent 

 Educational Leaflets issued by the National Association are distributed to 

 schools and libraries throughout the state, and our slides and lectures are 

 kept in use as frequently as possible: The Society feels that the interest of 

 the general public in birds and bird study has greatly increased, and reports 

 from various parts of the state indicate a greater number of nesting birds 

 than ever before." — Mrs. Jessie T. Thwaites, Secretary. 



