. Bird-lore . 1. J. M A\ , Daily Journ intervals as occasion justifies and requires. It is the intention that throughthis medium Audubon members and friends of bird life may be kept advisedof developments in legislation, state and national, affecting bird life, andin the various fields of Audubon endeavor. We have been very active in Junior Audubon Class work, and a numberof lectures have been given, mainly in the interest of advancing this workin the schools. Of thirty-three northern states in which Junior AudubonClasses were organized, New Jersey led with more than one-fifth the totalnu
. Bird-lore . 1. J. M A\ , Daily Journ intervals as occasion justifies and requires. It is the intention that throughthis medium Audubon members and friends of bird life may be kept advisedof developments in legislation, state and national, affecting bird life, andin the various fields of Audubon endeavor. We have been very active in Junior Audubon Class work, and a numberof lectures have been given, mainly in the interest of advancing this workin the schools. Of thirty-three northern states in which Junior AudubonClasses were organized, New Jersey led with more than one-fifth the totalnumber of classes and members. That this work was exceedingly popularwith the teachers as well as the pupils throughout the state was indicated bymany enthusiastic letters from the former. Suggested by the success, in 1911 and 1912, of exhibits of mounted birdgroups showing economic value of food habits, exhibited at the Trenton Inter-State Fair and the Mt. Holly Fair, the Society has this year installed a per-. State Audubon Reports 461 manent exhibit on the Heinz Pier at Atlantic City. Space was kindly grantedfree by the management. The pier is open throughout the year, is free to thepublic, and is visited annually by many thousands of people from all partsof the world. While the outlay on this exhibit was very considerable for anorganization of limited financial resources, yet it is hoped that the messagethat it will carry to people within our Commonwealth and from far parts ofthe globe will bring results to the cause of bird-protection abundantly justi-fying the expenditure. The Society enters its fourth year, encouraged by its experience duringits brief existence and with bright hopes for a continued useful future. At the third annual meeting held in Newark, October 7, Mr. GeorgeBatten was reelected President, Mr. Clarence B. Riker, Vice-President, andMr. Beecher S. Bowdish (temporarily) Secretary and Treasurer. A moving-picture film was exhibited showing the hunting of the
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