Reports of State Societies and Bird Clubs 371 



the finding of nests containing eggs or young birds, pictures of nests and birds, 

 destruction of bird enemies, attendance at meetings, field-trips, and the reading 

 of bird books and leaflets. During the contest last year eighty-eight different 

 varieties of birds were reported. The losing side furnished a free picnic dinner 

 to the Club. At the time of the founding of the Club very few birds appeared 

 on the campus. This was due to the presence of many bird enemies and no 

 thought or care on the part of anyone for the protection and feeding of the birds. 

 During the past season there were nests of several varieties in the trees and 

 about the buildings. The number has increased steadily year by year. Last 

 winter a large number of our feathered friends were attracted by the food 

 placed for them day by day. One regular meeting has been held this school 

 year and the prospects for the coming season are exceedingly bright. — C. C. 

 Edgett, Chairman. 



Audubon Society of Irvington-on-the-Hudson (N. Y.). — The Society has 

 begun its second year under encouraging circumstances with a membership of 

 about 130. During the first year the Society directed its efforts chiefly toward 

 creating and sustaining a public sentiment in the community favorable to its 

 objects and purposes. We were greatly aided by the trustees of the village, 

 the officials of the public schools, and the public library, as well as the clergymen, 

 the Sisters in charge of the parochial school, the Boy Scouts, and the local 

 newspaper. 



An illustrated lecture by Herbert K. Job, of the National Association of 

 Audubon Societies, was arranged. Weekly articles were published in the 

 village newspaper. Audubon outings were conducted and addresses were 

 delivered in the public and parochial schools. Junior Audubon Clubs, formed 

 by the National Association, being already in existence in the public schools, 

 similar classes were organized in the parochial school with a membership of 

 about 100. Books, periodicals, and pictures relating to bird-life were added to 

 those already in the public library. Feeding stations for the birds were es- 

 tablished and maintained during the winter at several places in the village, 

 and a large bird-fountain was erected on a conspicuous site in the beautiful 

 grounds of one of the village churches. It will be cared for by the Boy Scouts. — 

 (Mrs.) John B. Calvert, President. 



Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania. — Our Society is only five years 

 old, yet it already has some 300 members. The reason for this is Penn's Woods. 

 In every direction from the city stand remnants of those glorious old trees 

 which have sheltered birds since the land was young, and, under the protection 

 of today, the birds are increasing and coming closer to the city. We have 

 records of Bluebirds nesting on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh, 

 not twenty minutes' ride from the heart of town. As the birds increase, so does 

 the interest in them, and those interested come into the Society for information. 



