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Finley's most excellent Leaflet is included among those of the National Audubon 

 Leaflets that we sent out; also into each package sent to county school superin- 

 tendents, and others, when it is thought advisable, we put two or more ' warning- 

 notices, ' with the request that they be properly placed. Every lady in Port- 

 land's 'Blue Book' has been favored with a set of the Ostrich and Aigrette 

 Leaflets. 



Our corresponding secretary has written, during the year, two hundred and 

 ninety letters on Audubon matters. We have sent out the greater part of the full 

 compliment of Leaflets furnished us by the National Society, and are waiting 

 for more of the subjects suited for this country. The manual training classes 

 of our city schools make bird-boxes as a part of their class work; next spring, 

 at the proper season, we expect to make a half-holiday and go forth to place them 

 for spring tenants. 



I am sure the sentiment in favor of bird protection is growing in our state, 

 but the state is very large and hard to cover, in consequence there is great igno- 

 rance as to the economic value of birds and their habits generally, also commer- 

 cialism is the same here as in other states, but we are encouraged to believe that 

 we are making progress and we intend to keep working. — Dr. E. J. Welty, 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



Pennsylvania. — The work of the Pennsylvania Audubon Society since 

 its last report has been principally that of re-organization. After the death of 

 its late secretary, Mrs. Edward Robins, the directors decided to re-organize the 

 Society on the basis of three classes of membership — namely, active members, 

 who pay annual dues, vote at the annual election and have the other privileges 

 usual to such menibership; associate members, who pay no dues, have no pri- 

 vileges, and are principally school children; and life members, who on the 

 payment of $25 are exempt from further dues, and have all the privileges of 

 active membership. 



The directors then discovered that a previous Audubon Society had been 

 founded in Pennsylvania and chartered in 1886, but had ceased to hold meet- 

 ings, so a combined board of directors was formed from this original society 

 and the later one, and the charter formally adopted, with such new by-laws 

 as seemed necessary. The Society is now, therefore, in a regular and permanent 

 form, with a charter and an active and interested membership prepared to 

 follow up the good beginning. 



In May the reorganized Society was given a most interesting account of the 

 work accompHshed by the National Society, by Mr. Dutcher.as a result of which 

 talk a number of names were added to the list of active members. 



The business of reorganizing the Society on this, permanent basis represented 

 most of the 'new work' done this spring, but the old activities were still kept 

 up. Twelve circulating Hbraries were kept moving in the state, and a number 

 of school children and children in societies, such as 'Bands of Mercy,' etc., 



