io8 Bird -Lore 



Herbert K. Job, William L. Finley, and Maunsell S. Crosby have been the 

 lecturers so far this year. 



One of the difficulties of the Club is the absence of a hall large enough to 

 accommodate all those who desire to attend the lectures; for Mr. Finley two 

 sessions were necessary. Junior Audubon work is flourishing in the schools, 

 262 Junior members being recorded at the last annual meeting. A contest in 

 bird-feeding devices and nesting-boxes made by school-children brought forth 

 so much excellent material that the judges had a hard task to select the prize- 

 winners. In addition, commercially manufactured bird-boxes are always for 

 sale at the headquarters of the Club and have been extensively purchased by 

 members. Winter bird-food, amounting to ton figures, has also been used by 

 members. For small users, the food is put up in 5- and lo-pound bags, marked 

 with the name of the Club. 



In the way of publications, the Club has distributed its Annual Year-Book, 

 which this year included a reprint of twenty-two neswpaper articles by the 

 President, Maunsell S. Crosby. The booklet has proved of such value that it is 

 being used as a textbook on birds in some of the schools of Dutchess County. 

 At the proper seasons, the Club sent to its members and to all school-children 

 tables of spring and fall migrations and nesting dates, also compiled by the 

 President from his observations. Finally, illustrated Rhinebeck Bird Club 

 'stickers' for letters and parcels have been distributed broadcast through the 

 town. — Clinton G. Abbott, Secretary. 



Rockaway (N. Y.) Bird Club. — In November, 1916, we completed the 

 organization of the 'Rockaway Branch of the National Association of Audubon 

 Societies' by forwarding our fee to the home office and becoming formally 

 affiliated with the National work. 



We have had two public meetings during the year, both of them lectures 

 illustrated by stereopticon views. The first speaker was Herbert K. Job, of 

 the National Association, and, it being our first attempt, the lecture was held 

 in a small hall. We were delighted to find it filled to overflowing, with corridor 

 and all available spaces occupied by standees. With this encouraging 

 outlook, we held the second lecture by Baynes in a much larger hall. There 

 was a splendid attendance and several dollars were added to our almost 

 empty treasury. 



The monthly programs have brought forth several interesting and valuable 

 papers and talks on such subjects as 'Conservation as Applied to State Forest 

 Land in the Adirondacks,' 'A Visit to Fairfield (Connecticut) Sanctuary,' 

 'Bird Migration,' 'Bird-Routes and Time-Tables.' An interesting part of each 

 program is the round-table talks and the question-box with which we usually 

 conclude our meetings. Bird-houses have been made and placed, several bird- 

 baths made, feeding-stations established and kept supplied all winter, and ice 

 in fresh-water ponds broken and the water made accessible to winter residents. 



