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were the work of E. H. Matern. The program consisted entirely of bird songs 

 and poems. On the following morning, for the benefit of school children, 

 pictures of Florida birds were shown at one of the movies. 



The March meeting was a bird party given by Mrs. R. D. Maxwell and 

 Mrs. W. V. Little in the Maxwells' garden. It was the most distinctive and 

 beautiful affair given last season. The talk, music, and dances were given by 

 Miami's most noted talent. The fact that forty new members were added to 

 our Audubon Society at this meeting speaks for its success. The Miami 

 Society gave to many worthy things, among them $5 paid to Royal Palm 

 State Park to aid in bird-protection and also $5 toward their piano fund. We 

 gave $5 for the best poster made by school children, and also offered $5 for the 

 best constructed bird-house in the schools. — (Mrs.) R. D. Maxwell, Secretary. 



Montclair (N. J.) Bird Club. — Our Club was organized in April, 1920. The 

 original membership of sixty has been more than doubled during the year and a 

 half of the Club's existence, and while a conservative program has been pursued, 

 the nucleus of a lasting organization has been built. Interest in birds and 

 conservation has been fostered through publicity and by public lectures given 

 by Howard H. Cleaves, B. S. Bowdish, and Clinton G. Abbott. These lectures 

 were enthusiastically attended by several hundred people. An elaborate and 

 practical feeding-station was erected by Boy Scouts for location in one of the 

 parks, and a bird-house contest among public school children resulted in fifty 

 houses being constructed. These were placed on exhibit in the window of one 

 of the principal stores. Additional prizes were given for occupied houses. 

 Further contests will be held, and additional measures taken to interest school 

 children in birds. 



Montclair was the pioneer town in establishing a cat ordinance, but after 

 a good beginning the law became ineffectual through nonenforcement. The 

 Club has succeeded in having the ordinance revived, and its request that the 

 town purchase cat-traps was granted by the Commission. Occasional meetings 

 are held for discussion. At one of these a practical talk on the identification 

 of certain bird families was given by the President and the Field Secretary. 

 Frequent field excursions have been held. A list of the birds of the locality is 

 being compiled for publication. Members have so far noted 184 species found 

 within a radius of six miles of the town center. — (Miss) Lucy N. Morris, 

 Secretary- Treasurer . 



Neighborhood Nature Club of Westport (Conn.). — Our Club during the 

 year has studied land- and water-birds, provided food and bird-houses for them, 

 and the President of the Club raised a number of Pheasants which have been 

 given their freedom. The subjects under discussion other than birds have 

 been shell-fish, wild flowers, ferns, and lepidopterae. Free lectures have been 

 given to the public, especially the school children. Although the above record 



