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Society, still continues his bird hospital, where he cares for injured birds 

 which are brought to him by the children and bird-lovers of the city. Though 

 there has been some agitation in regard to his giving up the hospital, due to 

 the fear that the work is too heavy for him, Audubon members and others 

 interested in bird welfare sincerely trust that he will decide to continue his 

 interesting and humane work with wounded birds. President E. R. Warren 

 and Vice-president W. H. Bergtold were instrumental in causing the arrest of 

 a rancher who, seeing a very large Pelican swimming on a lake near Colorado 

 Springs, could not resist shooting this unusual visitor. The work of the Society 

 this year, then, has been of the usual character, active in the direction where 

 its energies seemed most needed. — Edna L. Johnson, Secretary-Treasurer . 



Connecticut. — We are glad to report a very successful year. There has 

 been great activity at headquarters, in Fairfield. Six business meetings of the 

 Executive Committee have been held. Our Field Day, in June, at Birdcraft 

 Sanctuary, was a delightful occasion. There was a large attendance of members 

 from various parts of the state. 



The morning session was held in the local theatre. Mr. Wolcott, president 

 of the Fish and Game Commission, spoke on 'What the Commission Is Doing 

 to Help Bird-protection,' and aroused much enthusiasm. Mr. Morgan and 

 Wilbur Smith talked of experiences with birds and wild flowers, both of which 

 talks were illustrated by very beautiful colored slides. 



Mrs. Johnson, of Hartford, gave a summary of work done by the State 

 Board of Education with materials furnished by the Connecticut Audubon 

 Society. From promoting interest in bird-protection, the educational side of 

 the matter has grown to fill a large place in teaching science and nature-study 

 in the state. The traveling libraries include many branches of science other 

 than bird-study, and with the illustrated lectures on trees and flowers, the 

 Society is contributing to visual education in botany. Charts, libraries, and 

 lectures have been sent, not only to public schools, but to Boy and Girl Scout 

 Troops, summer camps. Granges, churches — in short, to almost every sort of 

 welfare organization, a significant fact being the interest aroused among the 

 women in two of the state penal institutions by means of the lectures on birds 

 and flowers. 



After the morning session in the theatre, luncheon was served on the Sanc- 

 tuary grounds, under the trees. Bird-walks were enjoyed in the afternoon. 

 The most important piece of work accomplished this year has been the addition 

 to the Museum of a third unit — a study-room, having its shelves filled with 

 birds arranged according to order, genus, and species. This shows Connecticut 

 birds— male, female, and immature — labeled with common and scientific 

 names, and one case is devoted to the birds of the current season. There is 

 opportunity for a thorough and satisfactory acquaintance with all birds, 

 resident or visitors, in our state. This completes the Museum. 



