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The Society has added a third bird chart to its list, — the birds painted 

 in colors by Mr. Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and the explanation of the accom- 

 panying pamphlet by Winthrop Packard. All three charts have sold in in- 

 creasing numbers, and the demand for them continues good. 



The Society has kept a careful watch on state legislation, and has done 

 its utmost to promote useful bills and prevent the passage of harmful ones. 

 In this it feels that, with other organizations, it has been singularly successful. 

 It also gave all the aid in its power toward the successful passage of the Weeks- 

 McLean Bill and to the feather proviso in the Tariff Bill. 



The work of encouraging local secretaries by circulars and by personal 

 visits from the Field Secretary has been kept up. 



During the winter, the Society had a course of three lectures by Mr. C. 

 William Beebe, the subject being Mr. Beebe's researches and explorations 

 among the Pheasant regions of the Far East. These lectures were beautifully 

 illustrated by lantern-slides. The new Field Secretary of the Society gave, 

 during the year, fifty lectures on bird-protection in various parts of the state, 

 arousing everywhere much enthusiasm for the cause and assisting in the 

 promotion of local work in bird-protection. 



Besides the regular monthly meetings of the Directors, a public meeting 

 was held in Huntington Hall, which was attended by more than six hundred 

 people. The speakers of the occasion were Mr. Edward Howe Forbush, 

 Mr. Francis H. Allen, Mr. James A. Lowell, Dr. George W. Field, and 

 Mr. Winthrop Packard. Ernest Harold Baynes gave his illustrated lecture 

 on bird-protection, and the meeting was in all ways very enthusiastic and 

 successful. 



During the year, ten thousand circulars were sent to selected lists of Massa- 

 chusetts people, explaining the need of bird-protection and the methods of 

 the Audubon Society in obtaining it. In response to these circulars and to 

 the field work of the Secretary, there has been the greatest increase in mem- 

 bership of the Society during any year since it was organized. The sustaining 

 members total 1,570 and the life members 150. In this connection, special 

 praise should be given to the work of Miss Jessie E. Kimball, who has been 

 Secretary and Treasurer of the organization during the past year, in organizing 

 Junior Classes. As a result of this work, the total enrollment of Juniors who 

 have been or are now receiving instruction in bird-lore and bird-protection 

 in the Society is 8,951. The resignation of Miss Kimball, who has been con- 

 nected with this Society for a great many years, was a matter of great regret. 

 Winthrop Packard, Secretary. 



Michigan. — Probably the most far-reaching work accomplished by our 

 Society during the past year was the securing of a law forbidding the purchase 

 and sale of Egret plumes, a law providing for humane teachings in the 

 schools, and the securing of parks as bird sanctuaries. Both the National 



