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to a flock of Evening Grosbeaks — the location being in the city where houses 

 are close together. 



The Club drew up and presented to our last Legislature what it considered 

 a model cat license bill, but was unsuccessful in having it enacted as a law. We 

 are not discouraged, however, and shall make another effort at our next legis- 

 lative session to have the bill become a law. Largely through the efforts of our 

 Club, a joint field meeting was held in May of this year at 'Birdcraf t Sanctuary,' 

 Fairfield, at which meeting twenty different nature clubs were represented by 

 upward of 300 people. At this meeting the Connecticut Federation of Bird 

 and Nature Clubs was formed and a constitution adopted. This Federation 

 had been in process of completion for nearly five years. 



Our Club is now planning the organization of junior departments for the 

 benefit of the younger people located in the many suburbs of Hartford, in order 

 that meetings may be held in close proximity to the homes of the children, with 

 the idea in mind that to preserve the bird-life of the future we must cultivate 

 the junior nature-lover of today along the right lines. Many bird-boxes have 

 been erected by Club members during the year, with varied success. Personally, 

 I have had nesting in my front yard four varieties of birds, within an area of 

 50 feet square, in boxes which I erected for their use. 



We would appreciate suggestions from anybody who may be interested 

 concerning the organization and operation of junior departments above 

 referred to. — Arthur Powers, President. 



Los Angeles (Cal.) Audubon Society. — The activities of the Los 

 Angeles Audubon Society have been directed the past year along the lines 

 of the economic value of birds. We have been addressed by the following 

 speakers: Mrs. Wm. Folger, past President of the North Dakota Audubon 

 Society; Dr. L. B. Bishop, of New Haven, Conn.; Mrs. Hatch, of Imperial 

 Valley; Mrs. H. D. Moore, of Seattle; Dr. Mary Hart, of Alaska; Mrs. Charles 

 A. Wiley, of the Forestry Department; Prof. Alfred Cookman, of Long Beach; 

 Dr. Emily Hunt, Pasadena; and Mrs. G. H. Schneider, one of our own members, 

 and now holding the ofl&ce of 'official speaker' of our society, who reported 

 active bird work among the Boy Scouts, schools, clubs, etc. 



We have had, besides the indoor meetings, nine field-day trips to beaches 

 and canons, and one reciprocity program for women's clubs in the District 

 Federation. A charming playet, 'The California Woodpeckers' Convention,' 

 was given. It was written by our able President, Mrs. F. T. Bicknell, and 

 Mrs. Robert Fargo. We have created the new offices of Official Speaker, 

 Custodian, District Federation Secretary, Historian, and District Press 

 Chairman. Our President has been appointed District Chairman of Birds, 

 and our honorary member, Mrs. Harriet Williams Myers, Chairman of the 

 National Federation. 



At each indoor meeting we have had interesting reports of the birds seen at 



