290 Bird - Lore 
Cruelty Society. It will prove of real aid to the bird-protection cause, as 
much space is given to the birds Mary Drummonp, Secretary. 
Indiana.—The ordinary routine of Audubon Society work has been going 
on this year much as usual. Our work consists of sending out printed matter, 
keeping in touch with the various bird and nature clubs and societies, work 
in the schools in shape of bird talks, loaning our slides for lectures, and the 
publicity efforts carried on through the newspapers. 
There are two items of special interest to report in our year. First, and 
most important, we have the pleasure of reporting the turning over to the 
public of the estate known as “Buzzard’s Roost’. This forty-acre tract, 
within easy trolley distance of Indianapolis, and the center of the state, has 
been given to the people by its owner, Mr. William Watson Woollen. More 
than ten years ago, Mr. Woollen bought this place with the intention of 
developing it, not as a farm nor a park, but as a retreat for the wild,—a place 
where the native wild life of Indiana, plant and animal, might be protected. 
The hills, ravines and creek bottoms provide a great variety of plant life. 
For years, Mr. Woollen has devoted all his leisure to carring out this ideal 
Here are found plants that have become extinct in other parts of the state. 
In this preserve the birds and little wild beasts have learned that they are safe. 
In addition, Mr. Woollen built twin cabins, duplicating those of the early 
settlers; the rooms of these cabins are to be used, one as a gathering place 
for the clubs, classes and societies who come to the ‘Roost’, and the other for 
a Museum and Library of Natural History of Indiana. All this Mr. Woollen 
has done, not only with delight in the work itself, but with loving thought 
for those to whom he wished it to be an inspiration in nature study and 
outdoor life—the girls and boys of Indiana. Here teachers bring their pupils 
to study the plants, the birds and the trees, and the cabins themselves are 
a lesson in pioneer history, more impressive than any to be found in books. 
The Indiana Audubon Society is proud of the fact that Mr. Woollen is 
one of its charter members, and has always served in some capacity on its 
official force. 
The annual meeting, this year, was held in Marion. The two evening 
sessions in Carnegie Library Hall were crowded, to hear lectures on birds, 
illustrated with slides. Not only were speakers furnished by us, but the various 
clubs had arranged for short addresses by their members of welcome along 
the topic of the meeting. Friday morning, bird talks were given in every 
school in Marion, and in the afternoon a session was held at the State Soldier’s 
Home, and the old soldiers and their friends turned out in numbers to attend 
the meeting. As usual, we planned to have every one at least have an oppor- 
tunity to hear of the Audubon Society and its work, and to invite every one 
to help the work along. From the size of the audiences, it looked as though 
our plan was entirely successful—FLoRENCE A. Howe, Secretary. 
