Reports of State Societies and Bird Clubs 



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members have done especially fine work in the schools, a plan being outlined 

 and followed throughout the year. Cooperation and advice has been asked 

 and given to the Children's Haven, the Staten Island Bird Club, the Village 

 Beautiful Association, and the Progressive Society. The early morning bird- 

 walks have become a feature of the Club's work. Our annual membership in 

 the National Association has been continued, and members were urged to keep 



SAW-WHET OWL.— A RECENT GUEST OF THE ROCKAWAY (N. Y. BIRD CLUB 



and send to the Bureau of Biological Survey the bird record for which the 

 Bureau furnishes blanks. Members have done field-work, maintained feeding- 

 stations on their home-grounds, and have supplied the stations at the Club's 

 Bird Sanctuary during the winter. Mrs. Lord's estate 'Sosiego' still remains 

 a paradise for the Black-crowned Night Herons and they are rapidly multi- 

 plying. The Club is also pleased to report the addition of a number of new 

 members, — (Miss) Margaret S. Green, Secretary. 



St. Louis (Mo.) Bird Club. — Our Club continued its program of previous 

 years in regard to bird-walks in the parks and suburbs, winter feeding of resi- 

 dent birds, and the taking of a Christmas census. Observations of scientific in- 

 terest were made by individual members on the time of departure of Swifts 



