46 THE AUDUBON BULLETIN 



Junior Clubs 



The work of the National Association of Audubon Socie- 

 ties in organizing Junior Bird Clubs is of far-reaching influence. 

 Last year's records show that 220,787 children were enrolled 

 in its club memberships. There were 320 such clubs in Illinois 

 alone with a membership of 13,457 children. Through the gen- 

 erosity of certain of its patrons the Society has now for some 

 years been able to make special offers to attract membership 

 to its Junior Clubs, these being organized by teachers, scout 

 leaders, or other interested persons. When 25 or more pu- 

 pils have paid a fee of ten cents each, this money, together 

 with the name of the Club and the name and the address of 

 the teacher, is sent in to the National Society at 1974 Broadway, 

 New York. The Society then sends the Club a supply of ma- 

 terial so that each member is provided with a button and a set of 

 six colored pictures of common birds, together with the accom- 

 panying educational leaflets. These leaflets contain accounts of 

 the habits of the birds and outline drawings of the pictures for 

 color work. In addition, the teacher receives a year's subscrip- 

 tion to the magazine Bird-Lore, which contains many valuable 

 suggestions for teachers. For the year 1921-22 the pictures 

 and leaflets will be concerned with the following: Mourning 

 Dove, Bronzed and Purple Grackle, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Brown 

 Thrasher, Green Heron, and Great Horned Owl. The Society 

 issues over 100 pictures with leaflets but the current offer to 

 Junior Clubs includes only those mentioned above. All the other 

 pictures may be obtained from the National Society for five 

 cents each. 



The Illinois Audubon Society has no large fund available 

 for the promotion of Junior Clubs but it stands ready to use its 

 good offices in their organization. As the offer of the National 

 Society above described includes study helps for but six different 

 birds, many groups will prefer a more comprehensive program. 

 For these the Illinois Society offers the following suggestions : 



The pupils might provide themselves with a copy of the gov- 

 ernment bulletin, "Fifty Common Birds of Farm and Orchard," 

 all the illustrations being in color and the text clear and con- 

 cise. The introductory essay on the economic importance of 

 birds is of the highest value. Copies of this bulletin may be ob- 

 tained from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, 

 D. C, at fifteen cents each. 



In a similar fashion groups might take up the study of For- 

 bush's bulletin entitled, "Outdoor Bird Study," which may be 

 obtained for fifteen cents of the Massachusetts Audubon Socie- 

 ty at 66 Newberry Street, Boston. This is a 51 page bulletin 

 illustrated with drawings and is peculiarly helpful for outdoor 

 work. Members of adult clubs will enjoy this as well as the bul- 

 letin previously mentioned. 



