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The Club Director, Edward H. Parry, of Wyncote, Pa., assumed personal 

 charge of the adult activities, while the Junior Classes were in the hands of 

 his assistants, Miss Miriam Louise Stirl, of Reading, Pa., and Miss Eleanor 

 Wharton, of Philadelphia. To supplement the classes, both afield and within 

 doors, and the campfire suppers and all-day botanizing and 'birding' trips, the 

 Club presented a free lecture course at the Inn, bringing to Buck Hill Falls 

 the following named speakers: Frank Morton Jones, Wilmington, Del.; Dr. 

 Mayville W. Twitchell, Assistant State Geologist of New Jersey; Prof. C. L. 

 Harrington, New York City; Prof. George B. Kaiser, University of Pennsyl- 

 vania; Henry J. Fry, Columbia University; and Dr. E. T. Wheery, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. — (Mrs.) Margaret S. Strattan, 

 Secretary. 



Burroughs- Audubon Nature Club of Rochester (N. Y.). — The past year 

 has been for our Club a memorable one. Perhaps our greatest experience in 

 creating interest was through the fitting up of a Nature Room in the Municipal 

 Museum which is open to the public and under the direct supervision of the 

 Club. In it will be cases for mounted birds, four containing specimens of all 

 the native species of Rochester and vicinity, including the migrants. With a 

 start of 94 birds, more are to be added as dead birds are found, only one of a 

 kind being used. There will also be a botanical collection including native 

 wild flowers and ferns, cases of butterflies, moths, and insects, shells, and 

 geological specimens. In a room adjoining the Nature Room will be the 

 library. It will contain books on birds and other subjects. Periodicals and 

 magazines on the above subjects, such as Bird-Lore and others that may be 

 suggested from time to time, will also be there. 



At our annual meeting our president, Wflliam B. Hoot, gave a very inter- 

 esting description of his summer spent at Enos Mill's camp at Long's Peak, 

 Colo., illustrating his talk with colored slides. At another meeting, in March, 

 W. L. G. Edson, one of our valued members, spoke on 'The Winter Birds', 

 illustrated with slides. Meetings were held regularly through the spring, summer 

 and fall months. A growing interest in the study of shore-birds is noticeable. 

 We have held several meetings where we could study the birds in their favorite 

 resorts aroimd the marshy ponds and bays skirting the lake shore. The Club 

 stands ready to unite its efforts with the Fish and Game Protective Association 

 of Monroe County to have better administration of the local bird and animal 

 laws to the end that such life may be protected. Sausage roasts at the end 

 of some of our walks in the fall added a little social life to the Club. (Miss) 

 Harriet Ganung, Secretary. 



Burroughs Nature Study Club of Johnstown (N. Y.). — Our only accom- 

 plishment of note thisy ear is the erection of a handsome cement bird-bath in 

 the Courthouse Park, within a few feet of the old courthouse which occupied 



