Bird lore - Project Puffin

452 Bird - Lore
New Hampshire Audubon Society.—Our Society has had a year of suc-
cessful achievement, the work done being nearly twice that of the preceding
year. We chronicle an increase of 250 members. The work in organizing Junior
Audubon Classes has been notable, 4,425 children having been gathered into
239 classes, just double the number last year. This is a large number for a
state with so small a population. A large and varied correspondence has been
maintained, and great quantities of literature have been distributed. When
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EXHIBIT OF BIRD-BOXES MADE BY SCHOOL-CHILDREN OF NASHUA, NEW HAMP-
SHIRE, AND ERECTED IN THE LOCAL CEMETERY BIRD-SANCTUARY
the bird-destroyers sought to secure spring-shooting in the Middle States, our
Society, in a circular letter, urged its members to make vigorous protests, with
the result that hundreds of such protests were sent to Washington. So we had
our part in the victory. We also did what we could to help secure the passage
in the Senate of the international treaty. The secretary has given seventy-
two bird-lectures and addresses before all sorts of audiences, and has been
everywhere welcomed.
Many articles for magazines and newspapers have been prepared and pub-
lished. The cemetery authorities at Nashua have been induced to allow the
two large cemeteries to be converted into bird-sanctuaries. One hundred and
eight nesting-boxes have been constructed in the manual-training department