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distribution of circulars, leaflets, posting of laws, and the distribution of 

 material for the Junior Classes (now numbering some 2,500 — one item in this 

 work was the sending out of 20,000 leaflets). 



In cooperation with the National Association, our Society employed Miss 

 K. H. Stuart as Field Agent for a few weeks during the winter. Miss Stuart 

 gave talks on birds in twenty-five towns, inspiring teachers and children to 

 form Junior Classes. Dr. Eugene Swope, of Cincinnati, has been engaged 

 for work in the field during the months of December, January, February, 

 and March of the coming winter. 



The addition of nine members to the Executive Committee this year 

 has greatly extended the influence of our work. In November our Society 

 presented a paper at the annual meeting of the Florida Federation of Women's 

 Clubs In December, President Blackman, with Dr. H. R. Mills and Mr. 

 Oscar Baynard, made a special trip to study conditions among the reservations 

 and keys on the west coast. 



The auxiliary at St. Petersburg has done efficient work. It aided in pre- 

 senting a consensus of opinion to our Legislature on the importance of the 

 "Robin Bill," enrolling in its support citizens, teachers, pupils, Boy Scouts, 

 and the press. The Society was instrumental in the passage of a city ordinance, 

 whereby cats are licensed under the same rules as dogs. 



At Fort Myers, addresses before the Board of Trade were made by Dr. 

 T. S. Palmer, Mr. C. W. Ward, and Mrs. Hanson of the Federation of Women's 

 Clubs, resulting in new memberships. 



At Cocoanut Grove, Mrs. Kirk Munro continues her good work, as also 

 Mrs. Coulson, at Bradentown, and Mrs. Haden, at Orlando. 



Mr. George N. Chamberlin of the Executive Committee, writes, in a report 

 for the annual meeting: "Some five years have elapsed since the establishment 

 of the Mosquito Inlet Reservation, and the increase of bird life there is very 

 apparent in the colonies of Pelicans, Gulls, Terns, while throughout its length 

 may be seen many vaiieties of Herons, Ibis, Gannets, Ducks, and other water- 

 fowl." These reservations, while saving valuable birds from extermination, 

 have value also as restoring one of the picturesque features of our state. 



Two prizes were given for essays by High School pupils, and they are offered 

 under like conditions another year. The Hungerford School (colored), Eaton- 

 ville, has continued its bird-study; its pupils were given two prizes for essays. 



We would thank the Sunshine Society and the press of Florida for their 

 support of our efforts to secure an appreciation of our work. But, with all 

 the promise of better conditions for the future, we should not relax our vigi- 

 lance, for now it becomes our duty to aid in every possible way to establish 

 these new laws. — Mrs. Kingsmill Marrs, Chairman of Executive Committee. 



Illinois. — The sixteenth annual meeting of the Illinois Audubon Society 

 was held May 10, 1913, at which meeting the following officers were elected: 



