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been added to our plant, and we have l)egiin a work we hope to extend largely 

 in the future; that is, we have already placed loosely bound portfolios of Leaflets 

 and pictures in four public places, libraries, etc. 



Mr. Frank Daggett, as a special Publicity Committee, has published a number 

 of short aritcles in various newspapers. One of our Italian papers has printed 

 an appeal for the birds; but our most important work in this line, largely brought 

 about by ^liss Amalie Hannig and our President, ^Ir. Deane, has been the 

 publication in the September, 1909 numljcr of the Ladies' Home Journal, of a 

 series of graphic pictures, with a few words explaining each one, illustrating the 

 tragic story of the aigrette. The hearty thanks, not only of the Illinois Society, 

 but of all bird-lovers and humane workers, are due the editor of this paper and 

 his associates. To Mr. George B. ]SIcCutchon, that talented and kindly cartoon- 

 ist, bird-lovers also owe a debt for his two cartoons, "Speaking of Easter Hats" 

 and "The Slaughter of the Innocents." 



Two illustrated lectures have been given, one by Mr. Wm. L. Finley, in Decem- 

 ber, "On the Trail of the Plume Hunter," and one by Dr. Dearborn, at the 

 annual meeting of May i, on "Studies in Bird Life." That Dr. Dearborn has 

 left our state is a loss much felt by our Society. 



Mrs. H. C. Adams, Chairman of the Forestry Committee of the Illinois 

 Federation of Woman's Clubs, is doing yeoman's service for the trees and birds. 

 Through her influence, some 1,500 children of her home town (Danville) have 

 joined the Audubon Society, and the Woman's Club have taken up the study 

 of forestry and birds in a series of twenty-seven meetings, one of which is entirely 

 devoted to such topics as " Audubon Work ", " Game Laws, etc., " while at nearly 

 all the others one or two birds are made a special subject, in addition to forestry 

 matters. 



At our annual meeting, a resolution was passed endorsing a bill asking for 

 the appointment of a Forestry Committee and the setting aside of a Reservation 

 in Ogle county. This bill did not pass; but a Humane Education Bill, which 

 requires the teaching in the public schools of "humane treatment and protec- 

 tion of birds and animals, and the important part they fulfil in the economy of 

 nature, " and also requires the consideration of this subject once a year at Teach- 

 ers' Institutes, did become a law.^ — Mary Drummond, Secretary. 



Indiana. — The activities of the Indiana Audubon Society have been continued 

 along the lines which experience has proved to give the best results. These are, 

 educational work in the schools, through the press, and lectures and bird talks 

 given throughout the state. The Society has loaned its set of slides, and added 

 considerably to the number of slides in use. Pamphlets and literature have been 

 sent to various clubs and societies interested in nature and bird study. In co- 

 operation with the Indiana Humane Society and the State Fish and Game Com- 

 mission, much has been done for the enforcement of the bird laws. At present, 

 a special effort is being made to discourage the sale of "aigrettes." 



