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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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turned away, Mr. Baynes spoke to a large audience at the Commercial ClubsNoonday Luncheon on Conservation and Bird-Life. A bird-picture con-test, suggested by the Superintendent of Recreation, was one of the achieve-ments of the year. The Society cooperated with a local bakery company, Reports of State Societies and Bird Clubs 451 which bought and distributed 400,000 bird-pictures of fifty varieties of birdscommon to Nebraska. One picture was wrapped with every ten-cent loaf ofbread. The Society offered $100 in prizes. The contest lasted for two months,and from all over this state, and from Iowa and Missouri, came collections ofthese pictures. It was pleasing to note that in almost every instance thechildren requested the return of their collection, and sent postage for it. The annual tield-day was held in conjunction with the Nebraska Orni-thologists Union on May 5, when the composite list observed numbered seventy-eight species. On June 17, 1916, the Society presented Percy MacKayes
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iHK HIRJJ MAsQUK AT UxMAHA, NKBRA.sKAThe Faun: Came Waxwing wild and Warbler wary. Photographed by W. W. Scott bird-masque Sanctuary, dedicating Omahas 500-acre bird-sanctuarynamed Childs Point. In a natural amphitheatre in this beautifulwooded tract, nearly three thousand people witnessed the pageant, and itmade a deep and lasting impression. We are startingon our years work with even more enthusiasm than ever.The Junior members will hold monthly meetings and have afternoon lec-tures. The Society has voted to buy 200 suet-baskets to be placed in parksand other proper places. Nebraska birds will be studied this winter in aseries of lectures by ornithologists of the University of Nebraska.—Joy Mont-gomery HiGGiNS, Secretary. 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 precedingyear. We chronicle an increase of 250 members. The work in organizing JuniorAudubon Classes has been nota

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