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found in good condition by the Audubon members are presented to the Museum 

 of History, Science, and Art, where they are made into study skins to which 

 our members have free access. The Extension Chairman, Miss Helen S. Pratt, 

 has had charge of nature lore in the Los Angeles Municipal Playground Camps, 

 San Bernardio Mountains, for the last three seasons. She has been specially 

 honored by having a new department of nature-study created for her in the 

 Eagle Rock city schools. 



Our Librarian, Mrs. M. C. Barton, has demonstrated some bird's nests at 

 our regular program meetings and has been Nature Guide at Camp Radford 

 this season. The President, Mrs. F. T. Bicknell, furnished a selected list of 

 nature books on trees, birds, flowers, and butterflies to be found in Yosemite 

 National Park, for those who attended the California State Convention of 

 Women's Clubs held there in May. This was widely copied. Our Chairman of 

 Programs, Mrs. Robert Fargo, secured the following able speakers on a variety 

 of subjects this last year: 'Lantern Slides of Birdcraft Sanctuary,' Fairfield, 

 Conn., by Wilfred Smith, President of California Audubon Society; 'Wisconsin 

 Birds, ' illustrated with lantern slides of bird-houses, by Mrs. F. T. Bicknell ; 

 ' Distribution and Migration of North American Birds, ' by Mrs. G. H. Schneider ; 

 'Some Members of the Hawk Family,' by L. E. Wyman; 'Social Order of 

 Insects,' by Dr, John Comstock; 'Among the Birds of Layson Islands,' by 

 Dr. William Alanson Bryan; and 'Courtship of Birds,' by Alfred Cookman. 



We donated bird-books to the Soldiers Home and McKinley Industrial 

 Home for Boys, and contributed to the Junior Audubon work and John Bur- 

 roughs Memorial Funds. The Society indorsed the National Association of 

 Audubon Societies in its petitions and resolutions to preserve our National 

 Parks and to prevent drainage of lakes and destroying of breeding-grounds of 

 our water-birds. We have chronicled the deaths of several valuable members, 

 among them Mrs. R. E. deNormandie, who was both a charter and life 

 member and was the inspiration of our annual May pilgrimage. — (Mrs.) F. T, 

 Bicknell, President. 



Manchester (N. H.) Bird Club. — This Club was organized in May, 192 1, 

 and has already a membership of over 100. We had four talks on various phases 

 of bird-life and, during the early summer, groups of members made many 

 interesting trips afield. Shelters and feeding-stations have been erected by 

 some members about their homes, and the birds have quickly shown their 

 appreciation of the accommodations provided. The Executive Committee is 

 planning an active season with probably six strong talks relative to the subject. 

 It is our aim to organize other committees for more active work, such as the 

 establishment of a Junior membership wherein is a field of wide usefulness. A 

 second committee will work to materially increase the membership, and a third 

 committee is now at work on the program for the coming season. A Committee 

 on Publicity has been named. It seems that in so short a time since organi- 



