The Audubon Societies 



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much good, was the meeting of the Fed- 

 eration of Women's Clubs where, accord- 

 ing to the press notices, she spoke most 

 effectively before the six hundred women 

 gathered in annual convention, and se- 

 cured their strong official endorsement of 

 the bird-protection work now being done 

 in Texas by the financial aid of Mrs. Sage. 

 Our plan for organizing Junior Audubon 

 Classes in the South has met with very 

 encouraging results. The first notices to 

 teachers were sent out during the month 

 of September, and, while a considerable 

 area of the southern states has not yet 

 been reached, up to the first day of Jan- 

 uary one hundred and sixty-nine classes, 

 with three thousand five hundred and 

 sixty-four members, have been organized. 

 It may be of interest to readers of Bird- 

 Lore to know how these are distributed: 

 Classes Members 



Texas 2 34 



West Virginia 3 40 



Louisiana 3 79 



Kentucky 6 144 



Georgia 9 213 



Alabama 8 198 



South Carolina 23 373 



Virginia 36 671 



North Carolina 22 430 



Tennessee 56 1,324 



168 3,506 

 Considering the comparatively short 

 time that the plan of Junior Audubon 

 classes have been under trial, these results 

 are exceedingly gratifying, and reports from 

 several of our workers promise greatly 

 increased gains in the near future. 



The sentiment for the protection of the 

 Robin and other song and insectivorous 

 birds in the whole South, under the stimu- 

 lation of the education of the children, 

 gives promise that the coming generation 

 will see bird protection a fundamental part 

 of the creed of that section. — T. G. P. 



New Members 



During the period between the Annual 

 Meeting, held on October 25, 1910, and 

 January i, 1911, the following persons 



have been enrolled in the membership of 

 the National Association. 



Life Members — • 



Mr. Chester W. Chapin, 

 Mr. Wm. T. Davis, 

 Mr. Andrew D. Meloy, 

 Mr. Charles D. Stickney. 



Sustaining Members — 

 Mr. J. B. Burnham, 

 Mr. A. R. Brewer, 

 Mr. Stephen W. Collins, 

 Mrs. J. P. Crapo, 

 Mr. Henry B. Culver, 

 Mr. C. A. Cummings, 

 Mrs. J. E. Davis, 

 Mr. W. R. Errett, 

 Mr. W. S. Farnham, 

 Mr. W. E. Hookway, 

 Mr. H. L. Horsky 

 Mrs. Adrian Joline, 

 Miss Mary F. Kanouse, 

 Mrs. H. F. Kean, 

 Mr. Robert B. Lawrence, 

 Mr. Norman McClintock, 

 Mr. E. A. Mcllheny, 

 Massachusetts Civic League, 

 Mr. H. F. Merriam, 

 Mrs. Robert S. Minot, 

 Mr. R. L. Montague, 

 Mr. Geo. H. Nicholls, 

 Mrs. A. E. Pfarre, 

 Mrs. Daniel F. Piatt, 

 Mr. James Henry Rice, Jr., 

 Mr. L. A. Shaw, 

 Miss Elizabeth M. Sturgis, 

 Mr. Ottamar H. Van Norden, 

 M. Percy Warner, 

 Mrs. B. P. Weaver. 



Some Audubon Workers 

 II. WILLIAM WATSON WOOLLEN 



William Watson Woollen is a true pio- 

 neer of Indiana, having been born May 

 28, 1838, in the city of Indianapolis. In 

 his childhood, his father moved with his 

 family to a farm northeast of the city. 

 Excellent opportunity for nature study 

 was presented to him, for the family lived 

 in a double log-cabin in the midst of the 

 Indiana forest, which was teeming with 

 wild game. His study at this time was 

 not from books, but was from first-hand 

 observation. There was much to be done 

 on the farm, and his moments of idleness 

 were few; but it was a wholesome outdoor 

 life, and it is with pleasure that he speaks 

 of that time. He attended a log-cabin 



