. Bird-lore . On May 20, 1916, our Club took a census of the birdsin Hartford and vicinity, and positively identified 127 varieties.—Edwin , President. Reports of State Societies and Bird Clubs 471 Los Angeles Audubon Society.—Our Society was established March 2,1910, and holds an average membership of over 50; at present it has 54 is affiliated with the State Federation of Womens Clubs, and with theNational Association of Audubon Societies. It has held, during the past year,eight program meetings in the museum in Exposition Park, eight field-daymeetings, about equally divid
. Bird-lore . On May 20, 1916, our Club took a census of the birdsin Hartford and vicinity, and positively identified 127 varieties.—Edwin , President. Reports of State Societies and Bird Clubs 471 Los Angeles Audubon Society.—Our Society was established March 2,1910, and holds an average membership of over 50; at present it has 54 is affiliated with the State Federation of Womens Clubs, and with theNational Association of Audubon Societies. It has held, during the past year,eight program meetings in the museum in Exposition Park, eight field-daymeetings, about equally divided between canons and beaches, two picnics, andone meeting and picnic as a guest of the Pasadena Audubon Society. The programs have included the subject of bird-migration; a lecture onlocal birds by Mrs. F. T. Bicknell, illustrated with lantern-slides made from herown photographs; two lectures by Prof. Alfred Cookman on The Varied Devel-opments and Characteristics of Bird-life and on Hummingbirds. Doctor. MEMBERS OF THE LOS ANGELES AUDUBON SOCIETY OX A BIRD WALK Dial, of Hollywood, told us of our Winter Visitants; Mrs. Harriet WilliamsMeyers gave us a reading descriptive of bird-life in her own garden; ProfessorWyman of the Museum gave a talk on Bird Calls; another member gave afine paper on the Life of Audubon; and others contributed interesting factsand experiences. A leader is always chosen for the field-meetings, and someone to take notesand make a report at the next indoor meeting. By the courtesy of the Curatorof the Museum we are allowed the skins to illustrate birds spoken of. One member attends to all publicity work, putting notices of all meetingsin local newspapers, and reports of our work from time to time. Cordial invi-tations are extended to strangers and we have been favored with many visi-tors, among them Dr. T. S. Palmer, who gave us an interesting talk at ourfield-meeting in Eagle Rock Park in June, 1916. 472 Bird-Lore We headed the hst in the annual Chris
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