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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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bon AssociationsLeaflets and the Bird Guide, won byClass No. 2028, were consulted for proof esting programs were rendered. A smallfee was charged, and the sum thus col-lected was sent to the National Associationof Audubon Societies for the benefit ofthe Egret Fund. The usual concert wasgiven this year on June 3, 1916, and theamount realized, $11.50, was forwardedto the Secretary, accompanied by a mostdelightful and encouraging letter fromMiss Claudia McPheeters. The Audubon Societies 283 EXHIBIT OF THE BROOKLYN BIRD-LOVERS CLUB Inspired by the example of other bird-clubs, the Bird-Lovers Club of Brooklyndecided to hold an exhibit during theEaster holidays of 1916, from April 15to 29. The Brooklyn Museum provided spacefor the exhibit and interested friends con- house Company of Mcridcn, New Hamp-shire, by the Greenwich Protective So-ciety, by the Sharonware Store, and byothers. Erasmus Hall High School prepared aninteresting exhibit; the Manual TrainingHigh School and the Glenwood Road
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A VIEW IN THE EXHIBIT OF THE BROOKLYN BIRD-LOVERS CLUB tributed toward the expenses. Much wasto be done and the greatest burden fellon the president. Many letters werewritten, asking for material to exhibit,and in no instance was it refused. Originalpaintings of birds were loaned by Brasher,Fuertes, and Horsfall, and Dr. A. A.Allen loaned photographs of InsectPests and Their Bird Enemies. TheMuseum contributed prints of Audubonsand Wilsons pictures, and a memberloaned some neat originals. Nesting-boxes, feeding-devices, cat-traps and bird-baths were loaned by the Audubon Bird- Public School sent boxes made by thescholars. Two long tables were filled withbird-books by the Museum librarians.Neatly prepared charts, showing theprincipal migration-routes of certain birdswere made. Four charts showed insect-pests and their bird enemies, and oneshowed enemies of birds. One chart thatproved interesting had pictures of 59species of birds seen from the back win-dows of a city house. These chart

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