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charts, leaflets, pictures and material for bird-boxes have been bought through 

 the efforts of the teachers and pupils. 



A call from Superintendent Callicott, of the Indianapolis schools, asks 

 that a pamphlet be prepared on birds, telling simply of the habits, how to 

 attract birds to the homes, and the care of birds. These stories are to be used 

 in the schools. Amos W. Butler, who wrote "Birds of Indiana," has been 

 chosen to do this work. The President then suggested that these printed 

 sheets be sent to all the schools over the state next spring. 



This year, letters have been sent to the State Forestry, State Superinten- 

 dent of Public Instruction, and the Game Commissioner, to cooperate in the 

 bird-protection. 



An excellent Arbor and Bird Day Annual has just been issued. Our Presi- 

 dent, William Watson Woolen, has contributed an article to this book on 

 "Bird Ways." Governor Ralston has set October 31 as Arbor and Bird Day 

 for Indiana. Programs will be held in every school over the state emphasizing 

 birds and trees. 



The department at Washington has recognized the valuable assistance 

 given by our Game-Commissioner, George W. Miles, and his force in looking 

 after the administration of the new federal bird law in this state. 



Delegates from the State Audubon Society will be sent to the convention 

 of the Council of Women, which meets in Indianopolis, October 21. 



We feel that we have had a most successful year. — Elizabeth Downhour, 

 Secretary. 



Iowa. — The Audubon Society of the state of Iowa has its headquarters 

 in Waterloo, and, since the officers are unsalaried and busy housewives, the 

 work is largely local and by correspondence, although for several years the 

 cause of the birds has been presented by the President before the biennial 

 meetings of the Federation of Women's Clubs. 



A paper read last spring before the Waterloo Women's Club resulted 

 in the securing of several new members, and the passage of a resolution favor- 

 ing the McLean Bill for the protection of migratory birds. 



Scarcely had we ceased writing to our congressmen concerning the afore- 

 mentioned bill, ere the fight commenced .against the importation of foieign 

 plumage. Again we joined with zest in this crusade by dozens of personal 

 letters to the House and Senate, and by the mailing of the hundred or more 

 circulars sent out by the National Association of Audubon Societies and the 

 New York Zoological Society. 



Twenty-eight Junior Members were secured last spring in one of the local 

 schools. One of our members has contributed a small sum toward a fund 

 for the establishment of a bird-preserve. An effort is at present being made 

 to convert into a preserve a beautiful tract of ground known as Cedar Heights, 

 which lies between Waterloo and Cedar Falls; the tract comprises 250 acres. 



