Reports of State Societies and Bird Clubs 391 



Chief E. W. Nelson of the Biological Survey. In the letter of notification, 

 Dr. Nelson paid tribute to the St. Petersburg Audubon Society, which had 

 succeeded in its efforts to have these additional refuges set aside. — (Mrs.) 

 Katherine B. Tippetts, President. 



Saratoga (N. Y.) Bird Club. — The Club has held ten meetings through the 

 past year at the homes of its different members — with one exception. In 

 March we gave the public a great treat in a lecture by Clinton G. Abbott, of 

 the State Conservation Commission, which was held in the auditorium of the 

 Saratoga Springs High School. There is never any sale of tickets for such 

 lectures — our Club bears all the expenses. The subjects for reading and study 

 this past year have been mostly the wild birds and the game-birds. One evening 

 was devoted to the study of bird-nests and the birds that use them — and those 

 that do not. At the final business meeting the officers of last year were Re- 

 elected. Our Club is a small but generous one. We are hoping to add new 

 members to help toward making it an enjoyable winter. — (Miss) Caroline 

 C. Walbridge, Secretary. 



Savannah (Ga.) Audubon Society. — Our Society is flourishing under the able 

 management of H. B. Skeele, the President, and is engaged in many activities 

 conducive to the betterment of bird-hfe. Eight field-meets were held during 

 the spring. These meets called for early rising, almost getting there before 

 the birds were up, and were most instructive as well as delightful, particu- 

 larly as they were conducted by one or the other of our ornithologists. On the 

 evening of March 8, Norman McChntock gave a splendidly illustrated lecture 

 on bird-life. The Audubon Society regretted exceedingly it had not secured 

 the auditorium, for the Savannah theatre was packed to the doors with an 

 audience of nearly all yoimg people. Crowds of children were turned away for 

 lack of space. 



Audubon Bird Charts have been purchased and loaned in turn to the 

 various schools. In addition, some of our most progressive members have 

 visited the county schools, trying to interest the pupils in birds. These talks 

 sometimes included the Parent-Teacher's Association, thereby reaching the 

 grown-ups as well as the httle folk. On June 22, the Society presented three 

 prizes for the first, second, and third best posters on birds and bird-life. We 

 are most fortunate in having on our roll the names of four ornithologists. 

 Professor Hoxey, Mr. Erichsen, Mr. Gilbert Rosignol, and Mr. Asendorf, all 

 of whom are untiring in their efforts to help, and there is always some one of 

 them who will conduct a field-meet. One of our plans for the fall and winter 

 will be the study of bird-skins or of stuffed birds. In this way we can observe 

 at leisure the sizes, colors, and various little differences in our feathered friends — 

 then when seen in life they will be more familiar to the eye. — (Mrs.) B. F. 

 BuLLARD, Secretary. 



