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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 ex-termination of the birds, is the widespreadbelief that it is an inevitable result of theprogress of civilization. There is no greaterfallacy. A few of our birds cannot adaptthemselves to life in a thickly settled andcultivated country, but this list is a shortone. Most of them, including most of thegame birds and water birds, could andwould, if they were given a chance, adapttheir mode of life to the changed conditionsdue to mans occupation of the country.They are disappearing through our faultand neglect and for no other reasons. There are few more promising ways ofmaking amends for our past mistakes thanby the establishment of such preserves asthe one just described. Often no greaterdifficulties would be encountered than inthe case of the Hampton preserve if some-one could be found to take the initiative.WiLLARD G. Van Name. Ne^w Hwven, Conn. Note.— We are glad to receive the an-nual reports of the Audubon Societies ofKentucky and Florida, which will appearin the next issue.
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IN THE HEART OF A HAWAIIAN FORESTPhotographed by H. W. Henshaw I&irli-lore A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINEDEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS Official Organ of the Audubon Societies Vol. Ill July —August, 1901 No. 4 First Impressions of Hawaiian Birds BY H. W. HENSHAW THE first experiences of the bird lover in the Island of Hawaii arelikely to prove disappointing. The towns are enshrouded in trop-ical foliage, which of)(ers inviting homes to birds, but the greeneryharbors no avian life, save the Mynah and the little Rice Bird, bothintroduced species. Moreover, the harbors and coast line of Hawaii are,for the most part, almost as barren of native bird-life as the towns. Thewaters flash in the glorious tropical sunlight; the tidal pools, full of gor-geously colored fish, reflect the tropical vegetation that overhangs them;the sandy and rocky shores stretch invitingly away; everything is presentto welcome the birds-—-they alone are absento Yet not quite solitary are the shores of

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