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In regard to the work of our children's Audubon Societies, the teachers say 

 they are doing good work. Many of the branches are in rural districts, miles 

 from even a railroad, so I am not in close communication with them, but, going 

 through some letters, I find that during the snow-storms last April and May, 

 during the migration season, the children fed the birds at Mecedah, Rhine- 

 lander, Merrill, Montello, Mauston, Antigo, Yellow Lake, Elkhart Lake, Ingram 

 and Elk Mound. In Appleton the birds were fed and boxes put out. There are 

 also two drinking-places in private yards. We have never had to resort to the 

 law here, but there is a marked improvement in bird conditions. 



Four years ago it was quite impossible to save a nest, but this year a brood 

 of Catbirds were raised in a bush at the end of our bridge, so near to the side- 

 walk that we could look down into the nest, and any child could have taken 

 them out. The grass all about was worn down where every man, woman and 

 child in the neighborhood stopped to look. 



The spiders have been very bad about our houses, so six families put up 

 Wren boxes, as many as there were places, and this year we thought there were 

 less spiders. — Miss Edna S. Edwards, Secretary, School Department, Wisconsin 

 Audubon Society. 



MEMBERSHIP IN THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 



$5.00 paid annually constitutes a person a Sustaining Member. 

 $100.00 paid at one time constitutes a Life Membership. 

 $1,000.00 paid constitutes a person a Patron. 

 $5,000.00 paid constitutes a person a Founder. 

 $25,000.00 paid constitutes a person a Benefactor. 



FORM OF BEQUEST 



I do hereby give and bequeath to The National Association of Audubon 

 Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals, Incorporated, 

 oj the city oj New York, 



