474 Bird - Lore 



Rock Island County (111.) Bird Club. — We were not formally organized until 

 January 20, 1916, but even in this short time enough has been accomplished to 

 augur well for the future. There is much evidence that the cause of bird-pro- 

 tection is bearing fruit. Birds are becoming very numerous around our homes 

 and exceedingly tame; bird-boxes abound everywhere, as well as drinking- 

 fountains and, during the winter, food-shelves. Through the cooperation of our 

 County Superintendent, and the city principals of Rock Island and Mohne, 

 bird-clubs have been organized in many of the city and rural schools. Already we 

 have a membership of over 1,500, including the member-clubs in the various 

 city and county schools. One Rock Island school-club numbers nearly 200; 

 another in Moline about 250. This work of organizing is still going on, and an 

 active campaign is planned for this fall. Through the cooperation of city 

 officials and the Humane Society, the few complaints of nest-robbing and shoot- 

 ing have been investigated. These are growing less each year. 



The Club is fortunate in having for its president Mr. Burtis H. Wilson, a 

 man well qualified for the management of such an organization. Mr. Wilson 

 has made a study of birds since boyhood, and his lectures at the schools and 

 churches of the county have aroused and stimulated interest in bird-protection 

 and conservation. He has also lectured at the Y. M. C. A.'s of Moline and Rock 

 Island, officers of which are working faithfully with our Club. The boys' 

 departments of the Y. M. C. A. have been greatly interested in the work, also 

 the Boy Scouts. 



We have taken active interest in the legislative work at Washington, and 

 have telegraphed and written to senators, representatives, and officials inter- 

 ested in the Migratory Bird Law, the Canadian treaty, the new game laws, the 

 draining of Lake Malheur in Oregon, and other items. — Nellie E. Peetz, 

 Secretary. 



Rumson (N. J.) Bird Club. — This Club was organized in June, 1916. 

 It comprises four classes of membership: Patrons, $10 annually; active, 

 $5 annually; permanent (or native residents), $1 annually; Juniors, 25 cents 

 annually. The ofi&cers of the Club are as follows: Ira Barrows, President; 

 Colonel William Barbour, Vice-President; Henry A. Caesar, Treasurer; Mrs. 

 George A. H. Churchill, Secretary. The Executive Committee is composed of the 

 ofl&cers, ex-officio, together with Edward D. Adams, Rev. Arthur McKay, 

 Miss Grace Porter, Mrs. Reuel B. Kimball, and Mrs. Robert H. McCarter. Our 

 annual meeting is held on the second Saturday evening in October. We already 

 have a membership of more than 100 and have collected upward of $500 in dues, 

 etc. 



Three lecturers have appeared before the members of the Club. These 

 were Lee C. Crandall of the Zoological Park in New York; Herbert K. Job, 

 associated with the National Association of Audubon Societies, and T. Gilbert 

 Pearson, Secretary of the National Association of Audubon Societies. We pro- 



