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Title: Bird-lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Conservation Periodicals
Publisher: New York, National Association of Audubon Societies
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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s in the habit of nesting in caxitieshave been deprived of summer homes in many instances. It is to be regrettedthat many progressive farmers are so imbued with the so-called Yankeespirit of thrift that, in their efforts to make their properties yield an immediateincome, they have failed to think of, or have lost sight of, or never have heardof, the great factor of the bird-population of the farm. Every tree and shrubwhose use is not visible at the moment goes to the furnace, the naked barbed-wire fence takes the place of the old hedge-row, and a host of birds are deprivedof cover, food, and attractive nesting-places. The past year witnessed the growth of an effort to set aside a large part ofthe island of Mt. Desert as a natural preserve for native wild animals andplants. Citizens of the town of Scarborough petitioned the State Commis-sioners of Island Fisheries and Game to set apart Fronts Neck, comprisingan area of 112 acres, in which shooting and hunting shall be prohibited. After
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ARTHUR H. ^ORTON Field Agent for^ Maine (490) Reports of Field Agents 491 a public hearing, the Commissioners issued regulations on September 3, 1914,closing the area for four years. This is especially noteworthy as marking anew action in this state, and beginning a movement which undoubtedly willincrease in popularity. SPECIAL INSPECTIONS Following instructions, inspections were made by the writer at Bald Rockand at Bald Porcupine Island, near Bar Harbor. On August 24 visits weremade to numerous small islands and ledges in upper Penobscot Bay, on August26 in Muscongus Bay and at Monhegan. The general results are here given,arranged according to species of birds inspected. The colonies in PenobscotBay, though small, are important in the aggregate, and are so situated that oneor two wardens could have oversight of them all. Besides the Gulls, Terns, andFish Hawks reported, colonies of Night Herons and of Great Blue Heronsexist in the same vicinity, not included in this report. Leachs P

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