462 Bird -Lore 



The red-letter days for our Society during the year 19 17 were marlced by the 

 entrance of Henry Oldys into our little mountain state last March as a lecturer 

 for the National Association of Audubon Societies. Mr. Oldys lectured in the 

 public schools of several cities throughout the state, and the results of his work 

 were very gratifying. In Parkersburg, the home of our Society, 41 Junior 

 Audubon Classes were organized, with an aggregate membership of 1,112 

 pupils. 



During the early spring months we had several field excursions for the 

 observation and identification of the spring migrants, which were very pleasant 

 and profitable. Our most notable excursion was made on the afternoon of 

 May 14, when 44 species of birds were identified, including several of the rare 

 Warblers. 



Our Society has consistently and persistently advocated a closed season for 

 the Bob-white, to last for several years, in this state, but we have not yet 

 succeeded in convincing our worthy legislators that such a course would be 

 expedient or wise. But we have not lost hope that the worthy measure will 

 finally be enacted. — (Miss) Bertha E. White, Secretary. 



REPORTS OF AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS 



The length of the reports of the National and State Audubon Societies 

 necessitates deferring pubhcation of the reports of our affiUated organizations 

 until the January-February, igi8, issue of Bird-Lore. 



Reports from the following organizations will appear in that number: 

 Audubon Society of Sewickley Valley (Pa.); Audubon Society of the Pacific; The 

 Bird Club of Long Island; Bird Conservation Club (Maine); Birdlovers' Club of Brook- 

 lyn (New York); Blair County (Pa.) Game, Fish and Forestry Association; Brookline 

 (Mass.) Bird Club; Brush Hill (Mass.) Bird Club; Buffalo (N. Y.) Audubon Society; 

 Burroughs Junior Audubon Society (Kingston, N. Y.); Cayuga (N. Y.) Bird Club; 

 Columbus (Ohio) Audubon Society; Cumberland County (Maine) Audubon Society; 

 Doylestown (Pa.) Nature Club; Englewood (New Jersey) Bird Club; Forest Hills Gar- 

 dens (N. Y.) Audubon Society; Frankfort (Ky.) Bird Club; Glenville (W. Va.) Normal 

 Bird Club; Hartford (Conn.) Bird-Study Club; Los Angeles (Cal.) Audubon Society; 

 Maywood (111.) Bird Club; Meriden (N. H.) Bird Club; Minneapolis Branch, Minnesota 

 Game-Protective League; Natural History Society of British Columbia (Victoria, B.C., 

 Canada); Newburyport (Mass.) Bird Club; The North East (Pa.) Nature-Study Club; 

 Pasadena (Cal.) Audubon Society; Port Huron (Mich.) Bird Club; Rhinebeck (N. Y.) 

 Bird Club; Rockaway (N. Y.) Bird Club; Rumson (N. J.) Bird Club; Saratoga (N. Y.) 

 Bird Club; Seattle (Wash.) Audubon Society; South Bend (Ind.) Humane Society; 

 South Haven (Mich.) Bird Club; Spokane (Wash.) Bird Club; Vassar College (N. Y.) 

 Wake-Robin Club; Vigo County (Ind.) Bird Club; Wellesley College (Mass.) Bird 

 Club; Western Pennsylvania Audubon Society; Wild Life Protective Society of Mil- 

 waukee; Williamstown (Mass.) Bird Club; Winston-Salem (N. C.) Audubon Society; 

 Wyncote (Pa.) Bird Club. 



