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The Bird Club in this city has been more or less active and has had monthly 

 meetings and numerous bird-walks. Quite extensive bird-work has been done 

 in the public schools through the aid of the teachers. Once a week every teacher 

 in the lower grades gives talks on the birds and animals, and a great many 

 of the buildings are ornamented with hundreds of bird pictures in the halls 

 and rooms, so that the children are being continually educated by the eye 

 as well as the ear. 



This spring we had an essay contest at which over 500 essays on birds and 

 animals were submitted. This winter the Society expects to give quite a number 

 of illustrated bird- talks. 



A few days ago the writer gave a bird-talk for the benefit of the Red Cross 

 Society with the result that the sum of $40 was secured for the work. 



During the year the National Association of Audubon Societies formed a 

 number of Junior Audubon classes in the schools of South Bend. These did 

 good work. — H. A. Pershing, Secretary. 



South Haven (Mich.) Bird Club. — This Club was temporarily organ- 

 ized in August, 19 1 7, under the direction of Ernest Harold Baynes, following 

 one of his lectures, and the presentation of the Bird Masque, 'Sanctuary.' 

 We permanently organized in October, with 36 members enrolled. We meet 

 once a month; short papers and informal discussions make very enjoyable 

 evenings. We joined the National Association, placed the magazine Bird- 

 Lore in our library, asked our local paper to publish a list of bird books to 

 be found at the library, and for a few weeks caused to be published, one day 

 a week, a few suggestions for the care and protection of our early migrants. 

 Our Christmas Census contained 14 species and 151 individuals. At the 'Scott 

 Club' (our local ladies' literary club) we celebrated John Burroughs' birthday, 

 April 3, by giving a bird program, decorating the rooms with spring flowers 

 and buds, nests and forty mounted specimens of birds and a hundred or so 

 colored plates, bird-houses, bird-music, bird-poetry and bird-papers, filled two 

 hours' time and much interest was taken. 



Many of our members added more houses for the spring arrivals, and some 

 have successfully trapped the English Sparrow. A Mockingbird gladdened the 

 heart, eyes, and ears of our President all winter and well into the spring, when 

 she spent much time in her garden. 



May 5 a small party of our members spent a delightful day in the woods, 

 by creeks and lakes, and identified 52 species of birds. We are trying to get 

 our Council to secure an ordinance for the control of stray cats. 



We are young, very young, and a little proud, so far, for a one-year-old. — 

 Florence L. Gregory, Secretary. 



Spokane (Wash.) Bird Club. — Our organization has been in existence 

 for three years. Early in the present year we had an illustrated lecture by 



