460 Bird - Lore 



Savannah (Ga.) Audubon Society. — We have had, within the past year, 

 a number of interesting activities which have afforded a good deal of pleasure 

 to our members as well as more or less enlightenment to the community. 

 Regular monthly meetings were held from January to June, at some of which 

 Prof. W. J. Hoxie talked on local birds, using illustratively the De Renne 

 collection of Chatham County birds which he mounted some years ago. During 

 the spring there were several early morning bird-walks, headed by competent 

 leaders, in parks, cemeteries, and private estates. From two to five automobiles 

 brought their loads of nature-lovers at 6 o'clock to what proved really 

 fascinating occasions. 



Mrs. V. H. Bassett, chairman of the Publicity Committee, did excellent 

 work for the Society in having published each week in the Sunday edition of 

 the Savannah News, an article written by one of its members, on some bird, 

 giving its description, habits, range, economic value, and so forth. These 

 articles were instructive and useful to the community as well as to members. 

 Mrs. C. B. Gibson, chairman of our Educational Committee, interested the 

 children of the county schools by using to illustrate her talks the Audubon 

 colored bird-charts, of which we secured several for that purpose. 



On February 28 the Society welcomed T. Gilbert Pearson, of New York, 

 by filling the largest theatre in the city to hear his most instructive and enter- 

 taining lecture, illustrated with slides and moving pictures of bird-life. In 

 April we cooperated with Mr. Pearson in arranging for him a trip to the Egret 

 colonies on the coast islands. Ossabaw Island was visited April 12 and St. 

 Catherine's on the 13th, and our Society takes this opportunity of publicly 

 expressing its warm appreciation of the courtesies extended to it in Mr. Pear- 

 son's behalf by Messrs. Strachan & Co., the owners of Ossabaw Island, and to 

 the Rauer's estate, to which St. Catherine's belongs. Mr. Pearson was much 

 pleased with these trips, finding unexpectedly large nesting colonies of White 

 and Snowy Egrets, besides many other varieties of Herons and water-birds. 

 Being under private ownership, absolutely protected from poachers and plume- 

 hunters, not only permanence, but growth may be expected in both these 

 colonies. 



In the absence abroad of our secretary, Mrs. B. F. BuUard, I am sending 

 this report. — H. B. Skeele, President. 



Spokane (Wash.) Bird Club. — Our Club is now entering its seventh year, 

 and though our membership does not increase materially (we have between 

 40 and 50 members), we have done some worth-while things. We own one 

 hundred mounted bird specimens which are on exhibition at the City Museum 

 where we hold our meetings. We have had ten meetings during the year with 

 excellent programs. We are most fortunate in having for our president, Walter 

 Bruce, whose lantern slides of local birds, flowers and scenery are admirable. 

 He himself makes the photographs and prepares and colors the slides. He 



