. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. 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. Dag


. The Audubon annual bulletin. Birds; Birds. 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 $ and our expenses about $ 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 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


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