Report of Secretary 339 



Water Turkey, 150; Wood Duck, i; Glossy Ibis, 6; Least Bittern, 8; 

 Ward's Heron, i; American Egret, 66; Snowy Egret, 57; Reddish Egret, i; 

 Black-crowned Night Heron, 25; Yellow-crowned Night Heron, 25; King 

 Rail, 2; Purple Gallinule, 30; Florida Gallinule, 10; Black Vulture, i; Prairie 

 Warbler, 5. 



Of the following species, the numbers given are estimates: White Ibis,, 

 4,000; Louisiana Heron, 1,000; Little Blue Heron, 2,500; Green Heron, 60; 

 Florida Redwing, 100; Boat-tailed Grackle, 200. 



EGRET PROTECTION 



The Association has again taken up the subject of locating and guarding 

 the few remaining breeding colonies of Egrets in the United States. Explo- 

 rations for this purpose were made in four of the southern states and ten colon- 

 ies were located and guarded by the wardens of the Association or members 

 ' of an Audubon Society. These rookeries are located as follows : North Caro- 

 lina, i; South Carolina, 7; Georgia, i; Florida, i. 



From the reports we believe to be fairly accurate, we are able to say that 

 these guarded rookeries contained about 1,400 American Egrets and 250 

 Snowy Egrets. 



The above does not include the splendid artificial colony built up by many 

 years of protection by one of our members, Mr. E. I. Mcllheny, of Avery 

 Island, Louisiana, in which he estimates that "several thousand Snowy Herons" 

 and "several hundred American Egrets" now gather in summer. 



A few other colonies have been reported, and it is our purpose to push 

 the work of finding and protecting these also, another year. 



MRS. RUSSELL SAGE FUND 



By means of the annual contribution of $5,000, given by Mrs. Russell 

 Sage for Audubon effort in the southern states, we have been enabled to con- 

 duct a wide, systematic educational campaign in much of that territory. 

 The two Southern Field Agents have been paid from this source, and we have 

 also been in a position to extend limited financial aid to some of the Southern 

 State Audubon Societies. 



The experiment of forming Junior Audubon Classes on the plan of financial 

 codperation with the children themselves, has been very successful, 533 hav- 

 ing been formed in the schools, with a total paid membership of 10,595. A 

 tremendously urgent need with which we are daily impressed is for a fund 

 sufiicient to extend the same character of work throughout the whole of the 

 United States in cooperation with the State Audubon Societies. An addi- 

 tional $10,000 a year would accomplish this result. 



