Reports of State Societies and Bird Clubs 441 



Through the influence and suggestion of our official speaker the public 

 Hbrary has added several bird-books to its shelves. Among them are ''Nature 

 Lover's Library," "Tales from Birdland," and "The Bird Study Book" all 

 by T. Gilbert Pearson; "Bird Life" and "Travels of Birds" by F. M. Chapman; 

 "Bird Friends" by Gilbert Trafton and "Birds of the Islands off the Coast of 

 California" by A. B. Howell. Our members are always on the alert for rare 

 birds not commonly seen here. Among those noted this year have been the 

 White-throated Sparrow, Wood Ibis, Western Blue Grosbeak, Bell's Sparrow, 

 and Harris's Sparrow. All dead birds found in good condition, and sick and 

 disabled birds beyond recovery, are carried to the Museum of History, Science 

 and Art for mounting or bird-skins. On Arbor Day our Society planted a 

 Himalayan cedar in Griffith Park and dedicated it to our soldier boys. Our 

 monthly field-trips have been full of interest and profit. Their scope has been 

 enlarged by after-luncheon speeches by some good speaker. Upon these days 

 119 different species have been observed. Our trail-trips are independent of the 

 regular field-trips, being arranged to suit teachers, tourists, and strangers. 

 In this way no different species have been observed, making 229 species seen 

 this year and 77,583 individual birds. 



Our president's and vice-president's playlet, "The California Woodpecker's 

 Convention," was successfully given at the State Normal School at San Jose, 

 Calif., to an audience of 800 pupils. This playlet shows the economic value of 

 the Woodpecker family in their care of fruit and forest trees. We have been 

 addressed by the following speakers: L. E. Wyman, on "The Life Zones of 

 Birds;" Dr. Harold C. Bryant on "The Migration of Birds in California;" 

 Dr. Hector Alliott, on "Butterflies;" (This was his last public appearance, as 

 he passed away suddenly a week afterward.) Earnest Braunton, talked on 

 "California Trees;" Theodore Payne gave us a wonderful lecture, illustrated 

 with colored slides of our California wild flowers; J. C. Alpass, who has resided 

 for forty years in New Zealand, told of the bird-hfe of that country; Prof. C. S. 

 Thompson read a paper on the "Lake of Lingering Death" (La Brea); Mrs. 

 George Turner, Dr. Emily Hunt, of Pasadena, and our president, Mrs. F. T. 

 Bicknell, have given illustrated talks on different subjects. 



Our tenth annual pilgrimage to Elysian Heights was a regular May-day 

 jubilee. With flower-bedecked alpen stocks we chmbed the winding trail, 

 singing an original song composed by our program chairman, Mrs. Fargo. At 

 the entrance to Audubon Glen, the home of our hostesses, we were greeted 

 cordially. Speeches, original poems, whistling, singing, and a picnic luncheon 

 composed the program. — Mrs. G. H. Crane, Corresponding Secretary. 



Meriden (Conn.) Bird Club. — We have an Executive Committee, Field 

 Committee, Entertainment Committee, and a Bird-Protection and Winter- 

 Feeding Committee. The latter Committee consists of twenty-one members, 

 selected from the different quarters of the town, in order to cover the entire 



