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of Audubon Societies is thoroughly equipped to carry on the work of wild bird 

 and animal protection, which is now known to be one of the most important 

 branches of public endeaver for the advancement of our country's interests. 

 How rapidly this work may be extended depends entirely upon the public itself. 

 If this appeal falls upon unwilling ears and hearts, our progress will be slow, 

 but if, on the other hand, our plans and suggestions outlined meet with the 

 sympathy and support that they deserve, progress will be very rapid. Let me 

 revert once more to my starting point. If you are the custodian of great wealth, 

 devote a liberal share of it to this great civic and economic movement, or, if you 

 are able to bear only a small portion of this burden of good, do it cheerfully 

 and promptly. 



REPORT OF T. GILBERT PEARSON, SECRETARY 



In attempting to report a year's progress in the Audubon movement, one 

 is necessarily limited largely to a statement of what has been undertaken in the 

 various lines of endeavor, and to a chronicling of such tangible results as are 

 apparent. Signs of a wide-spread crystallization of public sentiment for the better 

 protection of wild birds and animals are annually becoming more apparent 

 throughout America, and, even to observers who are but casually informed 

 on the subject, the paramount influence which the Audubon Societies exert 

 on the movement is a most pronounced one. 



EDUCATIONAL WORK 



The educational phase of the Audubon work has been pushed the past year 

 with unabated vigor. Six new regular Leaflets have been published as follows: 

 Herring Gull, Snowflake, Song Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Tree Swallow and 

 Ruby and Golden-crowned Kinglets. In addition to the above, six special Leaf- 

 lets have been printed. These are: For December — Six Reminders; The Cost 

 of a Feather; February Hints: Winter Feeding of Wild Birds; Bob-white, The 

 Farmer's Friend; and Putting up Bird Boxes. With two exceptions, all of the 

 above-named papers of both series were written by our splendid worker, Mrs. 

 Mabel Osgood Wright. 



Twenty-nine thousand copies of these Leaflets were purchased by the State 

 Audubon Societies of Massachusetts, North Carolina and New York; while 

 over seventy thousand copies have been distributed from the New York and 

 Greensboro offices of the Association. 



A larger number of public lectures have been given by the officers and agents 

 of the Association than formerly. Mr. Finley has spoken many times in the 

 Northwest; Mr. Kopman in the lower Mississippi states; Mr. Forbush in New 

 England; Miss Mary T. Moore, School Secretary, in Yirginia and the Carolinas; 

 Captain Davis in Texas; Mr. Job in various eastern states; Mr. Bowdish, Chief 



