368 Bird - Lore 



President, Irwin Krohn, and our new Corresponding and Financial Secretary, 

 Mrs. Charles Gingrich have done much to entertain and stimulate the Board 

 of Directors to new ventures for the coming year. — (Miss) Katherine 

 Ratterman, Secretary. 



Oregon. — Our Malheur Lake Bird Reservation fight of last fall was lost in 

 the election by a small majority. However, the Reservation still remains in 

 the hands of the Federal Government, and may remain so indefinitely. Outside 

 of this, the year's work was mainly along educational lines : Junior work, and 

 bird-talks in schools. 



The Bird-Study Committee, under W. A. Eliot, continues very active; the 

 weekly Saturday-evening talks in the lecture hall of the Public Library on 

 various outdoor subjects, including birds and the preservation of wild flowers, 

 are at all times well attended. These are to be continued through the coming 

 year; also the annual exhibit of water colors of native flowers and birds. Our 

 President, Mr. Finley, having returned to Oregon, we are looking forward to 

 the enjoyment of some of his delightful pictures. — (Dr.) Emma J. Welty, 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



Rhode Island. — ^The work of the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, which 

 consists of lectures, traveling libraries. Junior Classes, and legislation, has 

 continued as in the past. The traveling libraries find a good field in the rural 

 districts. In March, Enos Mills lectured in Providence, under the auspices of 

 the Society, to a very interested and appreciative audience. The Society has 

 suffered a loss in the resignation of Mr. Harold L. Madison as Secretary and 

 Treasurer. Mr. Madison has gone to Cleveland, Ohio, to assume the duties of 

 Curator of Education in the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. — (Miss) 

 Marie E. Gandette, Acting Secretary. 



Audubon Association of the Pacific (Calif.). — This Association is com- 

 pleting a rather uneventful year in its history, but its routine work has progressed 

 steadily and we believe that its influence is spreading. The membership Hst 

 shows constant growth and the monthly meetings are well attended, not only 

 by members but by others. An arrangement has been made whereby the 

 meetings will hereafter be held in the Assembly Hall of the San Francisco 

 Public Library, in the Civic Centre, which is expected not only to redound to 

 the advantage of the Association, but, as well, to enhance the usefulness of the 

 Library. The California Academy of Sciences will likewise hold its meetings 

 at this place, and other scientific societies whose meetings are marked by 

 lectures open to the public, will doubtless be added to the list, forming what 

 must be recognized as a felicitous combination of kindred activities. 



The monthly field trips cover the interesting ornithological localities within 

 the radius practicable for one-day excursions, and have always been popular. 



