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the legislative campaign was waged in Virginia, which resulted in the passage 

 of the Robin Protection Bill. Other legislative efforts were also aided from 

 this source. 



The organization of Junior Audubon Classes in the schools, whereby each 

 child paying a fee of ten cents receives an Audubon button, together with 

 leaflets and pictures which cost us twenty cents to manufacture, was carried 

 on in a manner which had given good results the previous year. In all, 10,004 



SECTION OF RIVERSIDE, TENNESSEE, JUNIOR AUDUBON CLASS 



children were enrolled in these classes during the school year. These are 

 distributed through the fifteen southern states. Virginia, where we had the 

 cooperation of the State Audubon Society, and the active field efforts of our 

 agent, Miss Stuart, showed the best results, with a record of 131 classes and 

 a membership of 2,560. 



JUNIOR WORK IN THE NORTHERN SCHOOLS 



At the last annual meeting, attention was called to the need for funds with 

 which to push this important branch of our work among the children of the 

 schools in the northern states. One of our deeply interested members who 

 was present, shortly afterward secured the support of one of his friends for 

 this work and sent a check for .1;5,ooo with which to put the plan in operation. 



We were unable to get the necessary literature prepared before January, 

 but from then until the close of the schools on July i, the work was pushed. 

 In our efforts we had the active assistance of the State Audubon Societies of 

 Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. 



Our report to that friend of the birds and the children who made these 



