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been a feature of each meeting, two reels, at least, being thrown on the screen 

 after the lecture. These have dealt with bird-protection, bees making honey, 

 growth of mushrooms, toads, and habits of birds and insects, to the great 

 delight of the children, whose attendance is encouraged at the meetings and 

 membership solicited. The Club now has a membership of 228, a gain of 

 30 new members during the year. Visiting school teachers to the town during 

 Institute Week are always invited to attend the Audubon Club meeting, and I 

 have had inquiries for the names and addresses of our lecturers in order that 

 they might secure them for their own meetings. So the work goes on, and the 

 Audubon Club hopes to be an ever-increasing force for good in developing a 

 love for birds, and their protection in the community. — (Miss) Isabella 

 Walker. 



Audubon Society of Buffalo (N. Y.). — During the past year the Society 

 held a regular meeting each month. Bird-talks were given either by a member 

 or a local lecturer. ' Bird Personalities ' was the title of one given by Professor 

 Alexander of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. A resolution was adopted 

 and letters sent to the leading moving-picture houses asking their cooperation 

 in showing pictures of animal and bird-life helpful in the education of bird- 

 protection and condemning cruelty and wanton destruction. Besides the 

 monthly meeting, fourteen spring and fall bird-walks were taken. 



Twelve hundred 'Bird Almanacs' were printed. A few leftover ones were 

 sent to local institutions. The Society was actively interested in obtaining the 

 territory for a State Park, now known as the Alleghany State Park, formally 

 opened July 30. Membership in the Society is steadily increasing. Many 

 letters of inquiry show the growing interest of the pubhc in bird-protection 

 which is our great work. — (Mrs.) Charles M. Wilson, Secretary. 



Audubon Society of Genessee and Lima (N. Y.). — Our Club was founded 

 in March, 19 17, with a membership of thirty-one. Its history since then has 

 been a record of increasing activity and helpfulness. A meeting is held on the 

 first Thursday night of each month during the school year. The first part of 

 the meeting is devoted to a business session after which a program is given. 

 This consists of discussions by the members of various birds, their usefulness 

 and means of protecting them. The bird slides furnished by the State Educa- 

 tion Department are freely used during the program. Between the regular 

 meetings, trips are taken by small groups into the surrounding country and 

 reports of these trips made to the club. Permanent records are kept of the 

 departure and arrival of migratory birds with the name of the club member 

 who last saw the bird before departure and who first saw the bird on arrival. 



During the past three years, a contest has been held each year between two 

 sections of the Club for the purpose of observing the first arrivals of birds. 

 Counts were given not only for the observation of early arrivals, but also for 



