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zation we have laid a foundation for much good work in the future to which we 

 look forward with eagerness. — (Miss) Daisy Flanders, Secretary. 



Meriden (Conn.) Bird Club. — During the past year, evening meetings in 

 winter and hikes in summer have been planned as usual. We belong to the 

 State Federation of Bird and Nature Clubs and work locally and statewide to 

 promote the object of our Club: 'Bird Study and Protection.' We have a 

 feeding committee of twenty-five persons, selected to cover every section of 

 town, who, by precept and example, establish many winter feeding-stations. 

 The Meriden Grange and our farmer members take a decided interest in winter- 

 protection and feeding. Some of our members belong to the Meriden Sports- 

 men's Association and induce them to feed the birds, when out on their winter 

 feeding-trips. We also interest the Boy Scouts and Scoutmasters in joining 

 our Club, and they are very helpful at our picnics and in bird-feeding. Our 

 many school-teacher members are very active in training the children in bird 

 knowledge and protection. — (Miss) Esther R. Hall, Secretary. 



Meriden (N. H.) Bird Club. — The activities of our Club have been carried 

 forward during the year with special reference to the development of the 

 museum of bird conservation, which was opened in September, 1920. A 

 number of additional exhibits have been received, and the museum has thus 

 proved an added attraction to the many people who annually visit the bird 

 sanctuary. The seventh annual Bird Sunday was observed August 14, with 

 service in the sanctuary, at which Rev. John T. Dallas, rector of St. Thomas' 

 Church, Hanover, was the preacher. 



On the afternoon and evening of August 23, under the management of the 

 Bird Club, the Marie Ware Laugh ton Players of Peterboro, N. H., presented a 

 program of plays, pantomimes, and dances at the outdoor threatre in the 

 sanctuary. The performances were an artistic success and drew a large number 

 of guests from the summer colonies in the vicinity. As usual, the office of the 

 Secretary has been made use of by bird-lovers everywhere as an information 

 bureau of all matters pertaining to the attraction and protection of birds. The 

 ten years of the life of the Club have proved that organizations for bird- 

 conservation are more than an experiment and perform a real service in the 

 world's work. — (Miss) Elizabeth F. Bennett, Secretary. 



Miami (Fla.) Audubon Society. — The Society has had the most successful 

 year's work of its history. Most interesting and instructive meetings have 

 been held each month. In December a 'Cardinal' Program was given. In 

 January, besides the interesting program, measures were taken and later 

 successfully carried through, to have introduced into Miami's new city charter 

 a clause making Miami a bird sanctuary. At the February meeting a wonderful 

 collection of bird-photographs, mostly of Florida birds, were displayed. They 



