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and private bird sanctuaries, and with very encouraging results. These sanc- 

 tuaries now number twenty, fourteen of which are sanctuaries by municipal 

 action and six are established by private owners of land. Eleven of these 

 sanctuaries are in Pinellas County, forming a chain across the county, and these 

 were brought about mainly by the efforts of Mrs. Katherine B. Tippetts, our 

 President, and some of her co-workers in the State Federation of Women's 

 Clubs. The Federal sanctuaries in Florida now number eleven, and a very 

 important addition has recently been made to the Indian Key Reservation 

 near St. Petersburg. 



The annual meeting in March, at St. Petersburg, was one of the most en- 

 couraging ever held by the Society, bringing together a very large audience, 

 both afternoon and evening. At the evening session an especially interesting 

 program was given, the principal feature of which was a bird-lecture by Clifton 

 W. Loveland, illustrated by beautiful lantern slides from photographs made 

 by himself. During the year the President gave many bird-talks before clubs 

 and civic organizations. For this work she seems to be in almost constant 

 demand and through her efforts and the work of our school secretaries in their 

 campaign of four months, Florida people, young and old, were given a great 

 amount of information, both printed and spoken, about our wild birds, their 

 benefits to man and the great need of their better protection. 



The Society has cooperated with the Federal Wardens working in the state 

 and has systematically followed up all reports of violations of the bird laws. 

 A good deal of printed matter was circulated during the year. Only two 

 numbers of the Bulletin were issued as our funds were not sufficient for the 

 printing of the four numbers planned. Our President made persistent efforts 

 for improvement in the game laws and a state game commissioner, spending a 

 large part of the session at Tallahassee, but failed of the desired results. Politi- 

 cal combinations against our bill were too strong to be overcome. A few minor 

 improvements were made in the game laws and there was an unfortunate 

 tendency to drift back to county legislation. The sportsmen, it was apparent, 

 could not agree on a general law. The non-resident hunting license was in- 

 creased from $15 to $25 for each county. — W. Scott Way, Secretary. 



Illinois. — It is difl&cult to check satisfactorily the results of a year's work, as 

 there is always a lack of knowledge of definite accomplishment and how many 

 new converts have been enlisted for bird-protection and conservation. 



The lecture course in March was more than usually successful, both in the 

 character of the lectures and in the attendance. The first lecture was given by 

 T. Gilbert Pearson, and was of more than ordinary interest to us, because of the 

 fact of the work of the National Society being presented by the man who was 

 directly responsible for its planning and execution. The Illinois Society was 

 very glad for this opportunity of meeting the Chief of bird-conservation work. 



The second lecture, given by Robert Cushman Murphy, was an intensely 



