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maining colonies and guarding them is 

 altogether feasible. We employed an 

 agent to explore the localities in North 

 Carolina which have formerly been in- 

 habited by these birds. Another carried 

 on similar work in the coast regions of 

 South Carolina and Georgia, and a third 

 has been investigating the low country of 

 Texas. We have also extended the work 

 in Florida and Louisiana. At the present 

 writing eleven colonies have been reported; 

 three of these are on the land of members 

 of the Audubon Society and these gentle- 

 men see that the birds are not molested. 

 The other eight groups of breeding birds 

 are now under the daily care of the war- 

 dens which we have been able to employ 

 with the funds sent in by our friends and 

 members who feel that it is worth while 

 to save these wonderfully beautiful birds. 

 The following contributions to the 

 White Heron campaign were made be- 

 tween May I and July i, 191 1. 



Allen, Miss Mary W $30 00 



Baldwin, Mr. Roger N 2 00 



Codman, Mr. J. S 5 00 



Cox, Mr. John L 5 00 



Doremus, Mr. R. P 25 00 



Farwell, Mrs. J. W., Jr 5 00 



Gault, Mr. B. F 2 00 



Goodwin, Miss Amelia M 3 00 



Haskell, Miss Helen P i 00 



Hoe, Mr. R. M 100 00 



Hubbard, Mr. Lucius 5 00 



Iselin, Mrs. C. Oliver 25 00 



Johnson, Mr. J. W S 00 



Kuser, Mr. John Dryden 5 00 



Long, Mr. F. W 2 00 



Mills, Dr. Herbert R 2 00 



Phipps, Mr. Henry 200 00 



Reed, Mrs. W. H 5 00 



Stoughton, Mr. John A 5 00 



Tinkham, Mr. J. R 10 00 



$442 00 

 The total paid subscriptions to date 

 amount to $1,386.00. 



New Members 



From May ist to July ist. 



Life Members. 



Smith, Miss Alice Weston, 

 (In Memoriam.) 



Sustaining Members. 



Aldrich, Mr. Frank W. 

 Bigelow, Mr. Albert F. 



Cammack, Mr. Huette, 

 Concord School, The, 

 Craig, Mr. W. R., 

 Fiske, Mr. E. W., 

 Gaston, Miss Sarah H., 

 Gifford, Mr. 0. P., 

 Gray, Mrs. Horace, 

 Hall, Mr. E. K., 

 Miller, Mrs. C. M., 

 Palmore, Mrs. Geo. W. 

 Palmyra Nature Study Club 

 Phillips, Dr. C. E. H. 

 Roosevelt School, The 

 Taintor, Mr. Charles W. 

 Vandergrift, Mr. S. H. 

 Whitney, Mr. Caspar 



Junior Audubon Societies 



June I, 191 1, marked t-he close of the 

 first year of work in the schools of the 

 southern states under the plan supported 

 by the contributions of Mrs. Russell Sage. 

 The experiment of forming Junior Audu- 

 bon classes among the children has,proven 

 to be very successful, and many teachers 

 write that the children have greatly en- 

 joyed the work. The largest class was that 

 formed by Miss Lucy K. Little, of Mem- 

 phis, Tenn., and numbered one hundred 

 and twenty. Lexington, Kentucky, shows 

 the greatest number of classes in one city, 

 ninety-nine having been organized with a 

 total paid membership of one thousand, 

 two hundred and thirty-two. 



The number of classes in the various 

 states and the number of pupils enrolled 

 is given in the following summary. 



States Classes Members 



Tennessee 109 2,974 



Virginia 130 2,537 



Kentucky 108 i,47S 



North Carolina 48 987 



Georgia 36 721 



Louisiana 38 736 



South Carolina 38 681 



Alabama 16 344 



West Virginia 5 88 



Texas 3 54 



Maryland i i5 



Mississippi i 10 



Total-i2 533 10,595 



No one can estimate the good accom- 

 plished by the systematic instruction in 

 bird study and bird protection given to 

 these ten thousand, five hundred and 

 ninety-five children. — T. G. P. 



