The Audubon Societies 



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Association is accomplishing has attracted 

 the attention of protectionists in the United 

 States and is being watched with keen 

 interest. The National Association of 

 Audubon Societies in the United States 

 has presented the secretary with forty-four 

 valuable colored lantern-slides, illustrative 

 of bird life, to assist him in his work of edu- 

 cating the people as to the economic value 

 of the birds, and in showing the import- 

 ance of strictly protecting these tireless 

 aids of the farmer. 



"The whole country is awakening to 

 the vast importance of this branch of the 

 Association's work. Four districts have 

 already asked us to send down the secre- 

 tary to lecture on this subject, offering to 

 provide the hall and do all the advertising 

 free of charge." 



Big Game Protection in Texas 



State Game Warden Lorance recently 

 arrested for killing antelope three per- 

 sons who plead guilty and were fined. 

 This is the first case ever recorded in the 

 state for killing antelope, although it has 

 been unlawful for the past fifteen years 

 to kill them. This is one of the results of 

 the long and expensive campaign con- 

 ducted by the Texas Audubon Society, 

 which was financed by the National Asso- 

 ciation, in the Legislature in 1907 for the 

 establishment of the state game-warden 

 system. When this new Commission gets 

 thoroughly organized, it is confidently ex- 

 pected that the illegal shipment of water 

 fowl from Texas to northern and eastern 

 markets will be prevented. 



Two New Audubon Societies 



Within the past three months Audubon 

 Societies have been organized in Mississ- 

 ippi and Alabama. The former through 

 the efforts of our field agent, Mr. Kop- 

 man, and the latter by the joint work of 

 Game Commissioner Wallace and Mr. E. 

 G. Holt, who was elected its first presi- 

 dent. Aggressive work is proposed by both 

 of these new organizations, especially along 

 educational lines. Mr. Andrew Allison, 



secretary of the Mississippi Society writes 

 concerning its organization as follows: 



"The Mississippi Audubon Society was 

 organized in Jackson, Mississippi, on 

 November 9, 1907, as a result of faithful 

 work on the part of the National Associa- 

 tion's special agent, Mr. H. H. Kopman. 

 The attendance at this initial meeting was 

 not large, but the important classes in 

 bird-protection work were all represented 

 — women, farmers, sportsmen, teachers 

 and lovers of birds just because they are 

 birds. Addresses were made by Prof. T. 

 Gilbert Pearson, Secretary of the National 

 Association; Prof. Geo. E. Beyer, of Tu- 

 lane University, New Orleans; Mr. H. H. 

 Kopman, and others. The officers elected 

 are: Col. T. M. Henry, President; Dr. W. 

 H. La Prade, Vice-President; Andrew 

 Allison, Secretary, and Miss Frances Park, 

 Treasurer. "Being delayed beyond the 

 proper number of Bird-Lore for reports, 

 this brief sketch is somewhat unofficial, 

 and statistics are not in order; but I must 

 not omit to mention the excellent showing 

 made by the public school of Ellisville, 

 which turned in a membership roll of over 

 one hundred children and nine teachers; 

 very far surpassing any other school sys- 

 tem in the state, and proudly carrying off 

 the highest award donated for the purpose 

 by the National Association; two recent 

 and excellent bird books. The State Super- 

 intendent of Education, Mr. J. N. Powers, 

 is a charter member, and promises his 

 hearty cooperation in pushing the work 

 in the schools: 



"There is much to be done, for a promi- 

 nent ornithologist has called our state 'one 

 of the best neglected'; but progress is 

 visible, and we hope to report fair results 

 at the conclusion of our first year." 



Another Audubon Patrol Boat 



In the annual report for 1906, Bird- 

 Lore, volume VII, page 336, our field 

 agent and lecturer, Mr. Finley, gave a 

 graphic account of the wonderful bird life 

 on Klamath lake, Oregon. Such large 

 numbers of Grebes, Gulls, Terns, Cormo- 

 rants and Pelicans breed, and the lake is 



