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learn more of the nesting habits of the water-birds along the Great Lakes. 

 A vigorous campaign will be carried on in the schools, and a traveling library 

 will be purchased and sent to various parts of the state. Mr. Butler will give 

 time to securing the cooperation of the prosecuting attorneys and sheriffs 

 for the enforcement of the game laws. He will also aid in prosecutions. — 

 Mrs. Anna Walter, Secretary. 



Minnesota. — The Minnesota Audubon Society has done considerable 

 work through the Boy Scout Association which has been extensively organ- 

 ized in St. Paul and Minneapolis. We have interested the boys in the Audubon 

 Society through the study of birds, and we expect to do more of this in the 

 coming year. We have also had an exhibit again at the State Fair, which was 

 put up by Mr. Rodgers and Mr. Pranzen, of Minneapolis. 



We are now looking up some important points of legislation. We think 

 that, if possible, the vicinity of such lakes as White Bear and Minnetonka, 

 where a great many people have summer homes, should be made a kind of 

 bird-reserve, and hunting should be prohibited the year round. 



In cooperation with the St. Paul Humane Society, we published a special 

 suggestive program for Bird Day, in the daily papers, and a special Bird 

 Day story. 



I feel that a reconnoissance of the northern part of the state should be made, 

 with a view to locating the breeding-places of certain birds and creating a 

 bird-reserve. Some work of this kind should be undertaken along the Lake 

 of the Woods and the international boundary. — D. Lange, President. 



New Jersey.^ — The New Jersey Audubon Society was incorporated 

 December 15, 1910, and the initial meeting of the Board of Trustees was 

 held at Newark, December 29, 1910. The Audubon Society of the State of 

 New Jersey, which had previously occupied the field, dissolved December 27, 

 1910, and the Secretary-Treasurer of that organization turned over to the new 

 one the funds and property of her organization at the Trustees' meeting. 



The New Jersey Audubon Society immediately inaugurated a campaign 

 for increased membership, and soon after introduced in the Legislature an 

 amendment to the plumage clause of the non-game-bird law of New Jersey. 

 Much misunderstanding of, and opposition to, this measure had to be over- 

 come; but it was passed in the Assembly, March 15, 191 1, and by a unani- 

 mous vote in the Senate, April 10, notwithstanding the fact that a similar 

 bill could get but four votes a year before. The bill was signed by Governor 

 Wilson, April 17, and became effective August i. To secure this victory, the 

 members of the Society and the friends of bird protection were circularized 

 several times, as were also the members of the Legislature. Hundreds of 

 letters were written by members and friends to their constituents, the cooper- 

 ation of women's clubs was enHsted, and the Secretary made two trips to 



