THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



by the Federation in October 1906. This would be an incomplete report 

 with no mention of the important work done by Mr. Sanford and Mr. 

 Orville T. Bright and Mr. Jesse L. Smith among the schools and teachers 

 of the State and by Mr. Smith in many other lines, such as furnishing two 

 sets of slides of the English egret pictures for the use of our society. 



The Illinois Society has been most fortunate in its Board of Directors, 

 among whom we have counted Mrs. Sara A. Hubbard, Mrs. E. S. Adams, 

 Mrs. Irene G. Wheeloek, Mr. Frank S. Daggett, Mr. John L. Devine, Mr. 

 Frank M. Woodruff, the Rev. George B. Pratt, Mr. John F. Ferry and 

 others who, like these, deserve more than a mere mention and our warmest 

 thanks. The Society received during these fourteen years one bequest, a 

 thousand dollars from Miss Nancy Lawrence of Wasteka, 111., whose name 

 is never forgotten among us. Our money receipts, aside from the gift 

 from Miss Lawrence were about $5006.00 and our expenses about 

 $4300.00. No salaries or officers expenses were paid except a small sum 

 for the care of libraries and lectures. In this report no mention can be 

 made of the many helpers all over the State who aided us in countless ways, 

 but without them we must have failed. May the Birds sing their praises. 



Mary Drummond. 



Mary Drummond 



The preceding article by Miss 

 Drummond reviewing the earlier 

 activities of the Illinois Audubon 

 Society affords happily an occasion 

 for an additional article where her 

 name may appear in the title and 

 the record of her devoted service 

 to the Illinois Audubon Society 

 furnish the context. 



Diminishing 



strength 



necessi- 



tated Miss Drummond's resigna- 

 tion from the secretaryship in 1912 

 after fourteen years of service, but 

 she has not been inactive in retire- 

 ment. Her keen interest in the 

 continuation of the work of the 

 Society, her expressions of sympa- 

 thetic approval from time to time 

 of forward-looking plans, and her 

 generous financial support have re- 

 mained significant assets of the 

 Society. Her home on Spring- 

 Lane at Lake Forest looks out over 

 a setting of shrubbery and an open, 

 flanking lawn into a deep wooded 

 ravine which invites the exploration of the shyest of birds who are thus 

 led to venture to test the hospitality of the place. On a foggy December 

 day in which these notes were collected the writer paused on the 

 bridge leading across this ravine to visit with a flock of Golden- 



Miss MARY DRUMMOND AS SHE APPEARED 



IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE ILLINOIS 



AUDUBON SOCIETY. 



