BIRD CLUBS 215 



The Governor of Utah proclaimed Burroughs's 

 birthday as a State Bird Day, with the recommenda- 

 tion that the grounds surrounding all schoolhouses 

 and all public parks and cemeteries be dedicated 

 to the birds. This recommendation is rapidly being 

 carried out. The schools have taken it up gener- 

 ally, and in 1915 the campus of the University of 

 Utah (a tract of ground one hundred and fifteen 

 acres in extent) was dedicated as a bird sanctuary. 



Their latest effort is to start a bird sanctuary in a 

 residential park bordering on Prospect Park, Brook- 

 lyn. 



Members are urged to establish bird refuges in 

 the summer resorts where they spend their vaca- 

 tions. 



Liberty Bell Bird Club. The Liberty Bell Bird 

 Club was organized in 1913 by the "Farm Journal," 

 Philadelphia. Its object is to protect song and in- 

 sectivorous birds. Special effort is made to interest 

 people in the country. On July 1, 1916, its member- 

 ship was 706,000. Those who desire to become mem- 

 bers sign the following pledge and receive free the 

 club button and a little pamphlet entitled, "Guide 

 of the Liberty Bell Bird Club": — 



Pledge. I desire to become a member of the Liberty 

 Bell Bird Club, and promise to study and protect all song 

 and insectivorous birds and to do what I can for the Club. 



The club has installed bird sanctuaries in three 

 of the largest cemeteries in the country. 



