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Bird - Lore 



NEW AUDUBON SOCIETIES FORMED 



Since Oct. 20, 1910, which was the be- 

 ginning of the present fiscal year of tin- 

 Association, several new organizations to 



promote interest in the protection and 

 study of wild birds have become affiliated 

 with the National organization This is 

 one of the many evidences of a renewal of 

 interest in bird-study and bird-protection. 

 During the period of the World War many 

 well-established Audubon Societies and 

 Bird Clubs ceased for a time their activities, 

 and a majority of the newly formed ones 

 languished and died. From the correspon- 



dence received at the office of the National 

 Association the past winter and spring it is 

 apparent that there hasset in adistinct revi- 

 val of activities in the interest of wild birds. 



The following new organizations have 

 been welcomed to affiliation: 



Elkader (Iowa) Audubon Society. 



Iowa City (Iowa) Audubon Society. 



Jackson (Mich.) Audubon Society. 



Nature Club of Ulster, Pa. 



Societe Provencher d'Histoire Naturelle 

 of Quebec (Can.). 



Stanton Bird Club of Lewiston, Maine. 



AUDUBON'S BIRD COLLECTION 



In some of the newspapers recently there 

 appeared an item that should be of interest 

 to all students of the life of John Janus 

 Audubon. This states that Audubon's col- 

 lection of North American birds, which 

 had been lost sight of for more than thirty 

 years, was recently discovered in Appleton 

 Cabinet at Amherst College, Massa- 

 chusetts. In the collection there are said 

 to be specimens of birds from which it is 

 believed Audubon painted the illustra- 

 tions in his great volume, 'Birds of North 



America.' Fifty of the specimens, dated 

 in 1834, carry labels in Audubon's own 

 handwriting. It is further reported that 

 the collection was originally sold by the 

 Audubon Estate for $600, the purchaser 

 being Ward's Natural History Establish- 

 ment in Rochester. Later it was pur- 

 chased by H. H. Farnum and forty years 

 ago presented to Amherst College. Outram 

 Bangs, Curator of Birds of the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology at Harvard Univer- 

 sity, has taken charge of the collection. 



NEW LIFE MEMBERS 



Enrolled from March 1 to May 1, 1920 



Abbot, Marion S. 

 Bai mi. Miss E. S. 

 Barnes, J. Sanford 



Chase, Mrs. Ali. e I'. 

 ( lie, I.. A. 



( lollins, M is. Louis I >. 

 ( lollord, ( !lara 



I lard, M rs. Anson W. 

 Haskell, Mrs. \\ . A. 

 Haynes, Miss M. S. 

 Hewitt, Mrs. Lucy 



Hirsch, Sol. 

 Norton, C. II. 

 Potter. J idian K. 

 Rim, 1, Mrs. A. k. 

 Silverstein, Mr\ Rosa 

 Spreckels, Adolph B. 

 Sturtevant, M. Louise 

 Whittemore, ( rertrude B. 

 Williams. Mrs. p. B. 



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