344 Bird - Lore 



Audubon work. The president of the Board of Trustees and the director 

 of the Museum are, respectively, president and secretary of the Audubon 

 Society. It is hoped that this will result in renewed interest and in an ag- 

 gressive line of work, particularly among the young people. 



"There are eleven branch societies in Vermont. Frequent field trips are 

 conducted by these branches, lists of birds are made and the school children 

 are interested and instructed concerning bird -life. 



"Three traveling libraries have been circulated among the rural schools 

 of the state, and Mr. Carlton D. Howe has given five illustrated bird lec- 

 tures, the lantern and the slides which he used being the property of the 

 state Society. Mr. Howe has also written a pamphlet entitled 'Fifty Com- 

 mon Birds of Vermont,' which was issued by the state superintendent of 

 schools as a ' Circular of Educational Information ' ; it has been sent to 

 each teacher in the state. The gross membership of the Society is 443, of 

 which 300 are juniors." 



Virginia. — The secretary reports as follows : " The work of the Virginia 

 Audubon Society has been limited during the year to the distribution of 

 warning notices for posting, and of copies of a digest of the game law. 

 The illustrated bird lecture prepared by the District of Columbia Society 

 has been used a number of times in the northern part of the state. " 



Warden work in the state has been continued by the National Associa- 

 tion with excellent results. As for the past five years, eight men have been 

 employed. Their methods and the good they accomplish have been detailed 

 in so many previous reports that it is unnecessary to repeat the details here. 

 All the wardens report for 1905 an excellent season for the birds, which 

 made a normal increase. Fortunately, no high storm-tides occurred during 

 the nesting season. In addition to the protection given by the wardens, a 

 series of special advertisements were run in the newspapers, most widely read 

 in the coast counties, which called particular attention to the game laws 

 and the penalties for violations of the same; rewards were also offered for 

 evidence that would secure convictions. 



Wisconsin. — The progress made by the Audubon Society in this state 

 in enlisting interest among children is remarkable. These good results are 

 probably due to the influence of its magazine 'By the Wayside.' Mrs. 

 Thwaites, the secretary, writes: "We have added 3,651 new names to our 

 membership, mostly children, of course, making a total of 28,288. 'By the 

 Wayside' now has 400 subscribers, but not enough to make it self-support- 

 ing. Our slides and lectures have been used at twelve different towns in the 

 state; ten public libraries have joined the Societv at fifty cents a year, in 

 order to have our publications and Educational Leaflets." 



