360 Bird -Lore 



interdependence of birds, flowers, and insects. The text for these sHdes is 

 varied to suit the audience. 



An innovation has been the separating of the annual Business meeting, in 

 October, from the social gathering usually held on the same day. This year, 

 in June, the social function took the form of a Field Day, with luncheon served 

 at Birdcraft Sanctuary. The morning session of brief addresses was held under 

 the trees, where Mr. Avis also gave his rendition of bird-songs. A pleasing 

 feature was the gathering in the nearby trees of a chorus of Wood Thrushes, 

 Grosbeaks, Orioles, and Catbirds, evidently attracted by his imitation of their 

 songs and utterly unafraid. The afternoon was spent in strolling about the 

 Sanctuary and vicinity. 



It is proposed to make this Field Day an annual affair, and various groups 

 of nature-lovers will be asked to meet with us, the Connecticut Federation of 

 Nature Clubs having already accepted our invitation for next year. 



Warden Novak reports an unabated interest in the Sanctuary and Museum, 

 6,000 having visited the Museum this year, among them 29 classes of school 

 children. He also reports no less than 26 species of birds and 131 nests located 

 in the Sanctuary this year. The first year's record gave 17 species of birds and 

 but 71 nests. 



Some confusion having arisen since the small Sandpipers, etc., have been 

 moved to the protected list, not a few novices have fallen into the game warden's 

 net by mistaking these birds. Warden Wilbur F. Smith showed some fine 

 slides of game and other birds on an out-of-door screen — the night being fine. 

 In writing of the last meeting. Deputy Warden Williamson expressed a senti- 

 ment with which we should all agree: ''We are sure these affairs bind the 

 sportsmen and the Audubon Society close together for the better protection 

 of all bird-life." 



Another progressive feature is an annual ' Sportsman's Evening ' held at the 

 Museum before the opening of the hunting season. On September 27, upwards 

 of 75 members of the Fairfield County Fish and Game Protective Association 

 met there for an exchange of views, and that the inexperienced among them 

 might see, by the plainly marked specimens, the birds that may be shot and 

 those protected at all seasons. — (Miss) Charlotte A. Lacey, Secretary. 



District of Columbia.^ — Our great drive this year has been to interest more 

 children, and the work has been going forward, though not as rapidly as we 

 should like. We appropriated $25 to place as many copies of Bird-Lobe in 

 the seventh grade schools as we could. Of the 867 nesting-boxes made and 

 put up by the children, they reported that 662 had been occupied. This year 

 they began their work earlier, the boxes being exhibited from January 17-21, 

 and it would have been a real pleasure to own many of them. Many members 

 of our Society had the pleasure and profit of attending the meetings of the 

 American Ornithologists' Union last fall. 



