Michigan Ornithological Club 



MICHIGAN 



87 



AUDUBON SOCIETY 



(Organized February 27, 1904.) 



FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



79 Home Bank Building, Detroit. 



Since the appearance of the last Bulletin, hopes of a strong Audubon 

 Society for Saginaw have been entertained. Several letters offering coopration 

 have been received from Saginaw and vicinity. Mr. John C. Nape, Commis- 

 sioner of Schools for Saginaw County, is undertaking the distribution of 

 literature. Rev. Wm. C. Covert promises to take charge of active work in 

 the city, and Dr. Waldon De Clarenze is helping in the county. Plans are 

 under way to form an Audubon Society at the Bay View Assembly next sum- 

 mer, and some active workers at Jackson expect to organize in the interest 

 of bird protection. 



A most successful lecture was given before the Detroit society by Prof. 

 Walter B. Barrows, of the Agricultural College. Audubonists appreciate the 

 fact that Prof. Barrows is not a mere collector, but is working in the interest 



JEFFERSON BUTLER 



of the birds as well as man. The thanks of the society are due Rev. A. H. Barr 

 and the trustees of the Presbyterian Church for the loan of the chapel without 

 cost. Mr. Norrhan A. Wood, of the University museum, Ann Arbor, gave an 

 excellent talk on "Winter Birds,'' Dec. 9th. The officers regret that more 

 were not present as the speaker was interesting, and the subject treated clearly 

 and forcibly. 



The society will issue tickets early for the lecture of Mr. Wm. Dutcher, 



