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Tweedy, Witmer Stone, W. L. Baily; 

 Maryland, Anne Weston Whitney; District 

 of Columbia, H. C. Oberholser, T. S. 

 Palmer; Florida, Mrs. Kingsmill Marrs, 

 W. Wilson - Barker ; Illinois, Ruthven 

 Deane. 



Mr. Frank M. Chapman was chosen as 

 chairman, Mrs. H. T. Grant, as secretary. 

 The details of the formation of the National 

 Committee were left in the hands of the 

 secretary. 



Reports of Societies 



NEW SOCIETIES 



We take great pleasure in calling atten- 

 tion to the three new societies added to the 

 list in this issue. 



The Audubon Society of Glencarlyn, 

 Virginia, was organized on June 3, 1901, 

 with John B. Henderson. Jr., as president 

 and Mrs. Frederick E. Town as secretary; 

 the Society of the state of Missouri was 

 organized on June 14, with Wm. J. Blakely 

 as president and August Reese as secretary, 

 and was duly incorporated on August 14. 

 while the Society of the state of Vermont 

 followed on September 2, with Mrs. Wm. 

 C. Horton, of Brattleboro, as president and 

 Mrs. Fletcher K. Barrows and Miss Emma 

 Gregg as secretaries. 



The Missouri Society has issued a concise 

 pamphlet of twenty pages giving its list of 

 officers, by-laws, articles of incorporation 

 and a presentation of facts and motives, that 

 is well worthy of imitation by other socie- 

 ties, so satisfactorily does it answer the 

 questions asked of societies concerning their 

 scope and practical workings. 



THE MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY 



The Junior Prize Committee of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Audubon Society set a difficult 

 task for the children when they offered 

 prizes for the best original drawing of a 

 Bobolink in full summer plumage, "draw- 

 ings to be made from stuffed birds or life." 

 All over the state the children were early 

 on the lookout for Bobolinks, but as the 

 bird is rather locally distributed many had 

 to report that they "had never seen a Bobo- 



link and could not find one in their mead- 

 ows." Others were far distant from any 

 museum possessing the coveted bird, so of 

 necessity some of the would-be competitors 

 were debarred from the contest. Twelve 

 drawings were received, in some cases ac- 

 companied by charming little letters telling 

 the story of the drawing. The committee 

 finally awarded the prizes as follows: The 

 first, twenty dollars, to Doris A. Hatfield, of 

 Canton Junction; second, fifteen dollars, to 

 Howard M. Turner, of Cambridge; third, 

 ten dollars, to William H. Foster, of An- 

 dover; fourth, five dollars, to Abby Christ- 

 enson, of Brookline. 



In the early summer the Society sent out 

 copies of a "List of Massachusetts Birds," 

 requesting their return with the names 

 checked of the birds the observer had seen 

 during the year. It is not time for returns, 

 but quite an interest is reported in the lists; 

 additional copies for use, beginning any 

 time, may be had of the secretary. 



The calendar for 1902, with six new 

 original drawings in color and descriptive 

 text, is for sale at the bookstores and by the 

 secretary. Price 50 cents. 



A "List of Bird Books" is ready for free 

 distribution. 



A second traveling lecture with lantern 

 slides is in preparation, also, a number of 

 traveling libraries; the latter will prob- 

 ably be circulated by the Woman's Educa- 

 tional Association and loaned to schools and 

 libraries on request. 



The Society has recently presented to the 

 Library Art Club two sets of the Audubon 

 Bird Charts and the Bird Plates for circula- 

 tion by the Club. 



The sale of the charts is very good and 

 the Society is growing. There are now 4, 151 

 members, but it is still the fashion to wear 

 feathers, and violators of the bird laws still 

 tread the forest path. 



Harriet E. Richards, Secretary. 



AUDUBON SOCIETY OF GLENCARLYN, 

 VIRGINIA 



The Audubon Society of Glencarlyn^ 

 Virginia, which has the honor to be the 

 pioneer Society of the state, was organized 

 June 3, 1901, with the following officers : 



