State Audubon Reports 441 



REPORTS OF STATE SOCIETIES 



Arizona. — Mr. Herbert Brown, President of the Arizona State Audubon 

 Society, died May 12, 1913. Mr. Brown was an authority on birds of the 

 Southwest. His death is not only deeply mourned by members of our Society, 

 but is felt by lovers of birds and animals all over the state. 



Notwithstanding Mr. Brown's long illness, our Society, encouraged by 

 inquiries from outsiders, met and outlined some interesting and to-be-hoped 

 useful work for the coming year. 



An Audubon Society was organized at Phoenix, Arizona, early last spring. 

 Mr. F. Rogers, the State Game- Warden, was elected President. Mr. Rogers 

 has proved himself an efficient officer in both capacities. To have the State 

 Game Warden so active is very encouraging to Audubon workers all over the 

 state. — Mrs. Harriet B. Thornber, Secretary. 



California. — The past year has, on the whole, been a successful one for 

 the California Audubon Society. 



Calls for information concerning our work have come from all parts of 

 the state, and in response we have distributed thousands of our own leaflets, 

 as well as those of the National Association. 



In many schools, nature-study has been introduced, and we have found 

 the teachers in these schools more than glad to have the children instructed 

 in the value and beauty of bird life. The children have responded readily 

 to this instruction, in several cases organizing Junior Audubon Societies. 

 In Los Angeles, under the supervision of Director of Nature-Study, Dr. Charles 

 L. Edwards, thirty talks and illustrated lectures were given in the schools 

 in two weeks by Audubon workers. Many schools in other cities in the southern 

 part of the state were also visited, as well as the branch libraries in Los Angeles. 

 We have had more calls than ever before for our bird slides, to be used in 

 women's clubs and organizations other than schools. In the northern part 

 of the state, Miss Gretchen L. Libby, Educational Assistant of the Fish and 

 Game Commission, continued her lecture work for a part of the year, also 

 issuing a monthly Bird Bulletin to the teachers. Unfortunately, this work 

 of Miss Libby 's has been discontinued for the present on account of lack of 

 funds. 



The past year having been a legislative one, our energies have been directed 

 toward retaining what we have already gained in bird-protection, as well as 

 securing better protection to certain fast-disappearing species, notably the 

 shore-birds. Toward this end, we joined with seven other organizations 

 (Sierra Club, California Academy of Sciences, Tamalpais Conservation Club, 

 Biological Society of the Pacific, Pacific Coast Paleontological Society, State 

 Humane Society, and Cooper Ornithological Club) in forming the "Associated 



