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the list of bird books and periodicals prepared by our President, and the sketch 

 of Audubon's life by Mr. E. B. Clark, have been exhausted. New editions 

 have been prepared, and we have in preparation by Mr. DeVine a list of the 

 birds of both northern and southern Illinois. In response to a telegram from 

 the office of the National Association in the season of the bitter cold and 

 scarcity of food, articles were printed in some of our newspapers, and hun- 

 dreds of cards, calling attention to the need of food and shelter for birds, were 

 circulated throughout the state. In this matter we were greatly aided by that 

 good friend of the birds, Mr. McKeene, State Secretary of our Fanners' 

 Institute. 



"For years it has been our ambition to keep in stock all of the valuable 

 educational leaflets issued by the National Association. This year that ambi- 

 tion has been realized, as we were able to invest $100.00 for this purpose, 

 and we were also aided by the generous gift of $25.00 worth of leaflets from 

 the National Association, for which gift we owe many thanks. We hope to 

 be able, in many cases, to sell sets of these leaflets to those able to buy them. 



"In 1909, we placed four bound volumes of leaflets in places like Hull 

 House, Academy of Sciences, Anti-Cruelty Society office, etc. Last year we 

 placed twelve such volumes, largely in public libraries of the state as w^ell as 

 in our own city libraries. We have now ready another set of these volumes. 



"Our membership shows an increase of 37 new adult and 784 Junior mem- 

 bers. A number of our Associate and Regular members have promoted them- 

 selves to the Active list." 



It is the hope of the Society to place a traveling secretary in the field, 

 whose duty it shall be to present the work of the Society to the farmers at 

 their associations, to teachers at their institutes, and to people at any public 

 gathering where they may be interested in the protection of the wild life 

 about them. Illinois should not be behind any other state in the protection 

 of her birds and animals. The sale of wild-bird plumage should be prohibited. 

 To secure this for the state, we need an endowment large enough to keep an 

 energetic young man in the field for at least two years. We cannot hope to 

 gain our ends without educating the people to the value of the birds and 

 animals, and we cannot educate them ^\dthout going to them. We hope by 

 next year to be able to report the work of such a traveling secretary. — Mary 

 Alma Hardman, Secretary, 



Indiana. — The report of our state meeting at Madison, in May, I sent 

 you some time ago, and it was printed in Bird-Lore. Last week a Junior 

 Audubon Class was formed at Hammond, Indiana. Miss Herndon, of the 

 Irving School, wrote me for the particulars in relation to the forming of such 

 a society. Mrs. Wilson, our Extension Secretary, attends to this work, and 

 I am sure that by this time Indiana has another local society. I am more 

 than proud that it is a Junior Society. 



