. Bird lore . rship we hadour bird-study classes; and Louis Agassiz Fuertes most courteously gave us hislecture on Bird Songs in place of an expected lecture from Professor Cooke onBird Migration. We have also had delightful illustrated lectures from W. , and Herbert K. Job. Three numbers of Current Items of Interesthave been published by Henry Oldys.—Helen P. Childs, Secretary. Reports of State Societies and Bird Clubs 445 East Tennessee Audubon Society.—Six years ago, on October lo, 1910,the East Tennessee Audubon Society was organized by a few men and womenwho were earnest bird-love
. Bird lore . rship we hadour bird-study classes; and Louis Agassiz Fuertes most courteously gave us hislecture on Bird Songs in place of an expected lecture from Professor Cooke onBird Migration. We have also had delightful illustrated lectures from W. , and Herbert K. Job. Three numbers of Current Items of Interesthave been published by Henry Oldys.—Helen P. Childs, Secretary. Reports of State Societies and Bird Clubs 445 East Tennessee Audubon Society.—Six years ago, on October lo, 1910,the East Tennessee Audubon Society was organized by a few men and womenwho were earnest bird-lovers. Nine adults were enrolled as members, andseveral children under fifteen, who by paying ten cents became members with-out a voice in the proceedings. We now have 100 on the roll. In the last year we have become affiliated with the National Association;have joined in protest personally, and as a society, against shooting of wild-fowl, and have telegraphed our Senator to use his influence in behalf of the. EXHIBIT OF EAST TENNESSEE AUDUBON SOCIETY treaty between Great Britain and the United States for the extension of theMigratory Bird Law into Canada. Mrs. Walter Barton, treasurer and deputy game-warden, and Mrs. KarlSteinmetz, recording secretary, have been untiring in their efforts to furtherthe cause. Mrs. Steinmetz has a class of sixty in a colored school, while has a large class of white children. Both these ladies give many talksin schools, etc. They attended the Farmers Convention in May, armed withliterature which they distributed with apt talks to the farmers that have sinceborne abundant fruit. Harbisons Cross Roads and many farms have beenclosed to all hunting. While we cannot directly claim the following honor, wehear that by legislation the counties of Monroe, McMinn, and London haveenjoyed a closed season on game-birds for several years, with the result thatwhere one Bob-white was found before you may now count a dozen. We had an exhibit at the Ea
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