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I doubt if our membership generally appreciates the earnest and often 

 self-sacrificing spirit of the Association's office force. The earnest desire to 

 produce the best results and the splendid spirit of cooperation and loyalty 

 which runs through this group of twenty men and women is a matter constantly 

 commented upon by those in intimate touch with the home office. No one 

 man or woman can accomplish much in this world by his or her individual 

 effort. The widely expanding influence of the Audubon Societies is due to the 

 combined efforts of many workers. The officers and directors of the Asso- 

 ciation have given their best thought and endeavor to the building up of 

 the Association's work, but their efforts are at best only a fractional part of this 

 growing nation-wide organization. 



AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



During the World War, and for some time afterward, the work of many 

 of the Audubon Societies and Bird Clubs naturally suffered. The past year 

 has seen a strong revival of activities on the part of the 155 state and local 

 societies and clubs affiliated with the National Association. A listing of their 

 principal activities, even without comment, would be quite beyond the space 

 allotted for this report. These societies, therefore, have been invited to submit 

 summaries of their work, and a large number of these will be printed with 

 this report It has been the pleasure of the home office to cooperate with 

 many of these organizations in their local problems, and in return we have 

 received most splendid support from various clubs and societies, not only in 

 supporting Federal and State legislation, but in many cases financially. 



There has been an increased number of publications by the affiliated groups. 

 Among these may be mentioned the bulletins of the Massachusetts Audubon 

 Society, New Hampshire Audubon Society, Illinois Audubon Society, Florida 

 Audubon Society, and the Indiana Audubon Society. The Gull, published by 

 the Audubon Association of the Pacific, has continued to appear punctually. 

 Attractive reports and yearbooks have been issued by the Bird Club of Long 

 Island, the Junior Audubon Society of Brunswick, Maine, the West Chester 

 Pennsylvania Bird Club, as well as by the Vermont Bird Club, the Oregon 

 Audubon Society, the Ohio Audubon Society, the New Jersey Audubon 

 Society, and others. The most handsome publication was by the Societe 

 Provencher of Quebec. This consists of 88 pages with covers. It contains 

 9 full-page colored plates of birds by Hennessey and 28 half-tone illustrations. 

 There is great opportunity for constant cooperation, and all societies interested 

 in wild bird and animal life are invited freely to make use of such facilities as 

 the National Association may be able to offer them. To give some idea of the 

 extent of the Audubon Society organization among adults it may be stated 

 that these 155 active branches are distributed as follows : There is one each in 

 Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, North Carolina, Montana, Oklahoma, Oregon, 



