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Title: Bird lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Committee of the Audubon Societies of America National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals National Audubon Society
Subjects: Birds Birds Ornithology
Publisher: New York City : Macmillan Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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he circular an-nouncing the exhibit, after a summary ofbird destruction for millinery purposes andthe work done for bird protection, says: The Shephard Company, sympathizingwith this great and beneficent work and be-lieving that most women, if conscious of theextent of this slaughter of the innocents, aswell as of the beautiful and fashionable ef-fects in millinery which are possible with-out their use, has decided to hold a specialexhibition of hats and bonnets in whichnone of the articles listed contraband bythe Audubon Society shall appear. This exhibition is intended to demon-strate that hats and bonnets can be fully inkeeping with prevailing styles and willshow exceptional beauty in design and colorwithout the use of the plumage of wildbirds. Carefully selected specimens of thelatest foreign and domestic styles will be onview. We invite the inspection of the public,and especially of such women as are inter-ested, to assist in influencing popular opin-ion along humanitarian lines.
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jiirli = lore A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINEDEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS Official Organ of the Audubon Societies Vol. Ill September — October, 1901 No. 5 First Impressions of Hawaiian Birds BY H. W. HENSHAW (Concluded from page 12^) I HAVE dissected many of these Hawks, and in the stomach of onlyone have I discovered the traces of birds. This individual had by somemeans caught two Akakanis. Nearly all the specimens examined hadmice and small rats in the stomach. Large spiders, also, of an intro-duced species, are fast becoming a popular food with lo. and I havefound the stomach of several individuals crammed with these insects. Whether in former times the natives entertained a superstitious regardfor lo I do not know. It may well have been so, for today lo hasnot the slightest fear of man. He will sit upon a limb and dodgestone after stone with apparent unconcern, lazily flapping to anotherperch if the missiles come too close for comfort. As a result of hisconfiding dispositi

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