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Bird - Lore 



enough money was received to purcliase ten 

 libraries of ten books each mainly devoted 

 to birds. These are now in circulation 

 amonj^ the public schools of Pennsylvania, 

 but more than twice the number of books 

 could be used without satisfying the de- 

 mand, so popular have the libraries 

 become. Each library may be kept three 

 months and the only expense to the school 

 is the freight on the books, an average sum 

 of about 35 cents. The object of the 

 libraries is to interest the children in birds 

 and bird -protection and to arouse a love for 

 all nature study. 



The organization in Philadelphia of the 

 Spencer F. Baird Ornithological Club by a 

 number of ladies, is directly due to the in- 

 fluence of the Audubon Society and is an 

 example that can well be followed in other 

 cities and towns to stimulate bird study. 



Beginning with 1902 the Society is forced 

 to establish a new class of membership to be 

 known as Sustaining Members, to which we 

 call particular attention. It will include at 

 the outset all those who have aided the 

 Society by contributing to its funds, or by 

 acting as local secretaries, and to these the 

 reports and circulars of the Society will be 

 sent as heretofore. All other members who 

 desire to receive the reports, notices of meet- 

 ings, etc., may do so by contributing a sum 

 of not less than one dollar to the Society. 

 This is not an annual assessment but simply 

 one payment. We trust that a large number 

 of our members will enroll themselves in this 

 class and so materially aid in the work of 

 the Society. The Society is forced to this 

 action by the increased cost of postage inci- 

 dent to a constantly growing membership. 



The annual meeting of the Society was 

 held January 11, 1902, at 3 P. M. in the 

 Lecture Hall of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences, Nineteenth street below Race. 



On Monday evenings, January 6 to Feb- 

 ruary 3, at 8 P. M. a course of free lectures 

 will be delivered in the same hall by Mr. 

 Witmer Stone. Conservator of the Ornitho- 

 logical Section of the Academy, on "Struc- 

 ture and Life Histories of some Common 

 Birds." 



To tliese you and your friends are cor- 

 diallv invited. 



In closing, we would again call attention 

 to the fact that our work is limited strictly 

 by the amount of funds at our disposal, and 

 we hope our members will aid us as far as 

 possible in this manner. The purchase of 

 more traveling libraries, the delivery of 

 lectures in more remote parts of the state 

 and the publication of additional literature 

 are especially desired but can only be ac- 

 complished by increased funds. 



All contributions should be sent to 

 William L. Baily, treasurer, 421 Chestnut 

 St., Philadelphia, or to 



Julia Stockton Robins, Secretary. 



Mrs. Edvv. Robins, 



114 S. 2ist St., Philadelphia. 



An Addition to the W^hite List 



Miss J. E. Hamand, secretary of the 

 Audubon Society of Shaller, Iowa, sends 

 the name of Mrs. Mary Smith Hayward, 

 of Chaldron, Nebraska, for the Milliner's 

 White List : not only for many years was she 

 the only milliner in the United States who 

 never sold birds, wings or aigrettes, but she 

 has distributed leaflets showing the evil of 

 the decorative uses of feathers among her 

 customers and offered prizes in the local 

 schools for essays upon bird protection. 



The Thayer Fund 



' The Auk ' for January, 1902, contains 

 Mr. William Dutcher's annual report on 

 the ' Results of Special Protection to Gulls 

 and Terns Obtained Through the Thayer 

 Fund.' This report fills twenty pages of 

 ' The Auk,' and is far too interesting and 

 important to be adequately treated in the 

 space at our command. Copies may be 

 obtained of Mr. Dutcher for four cents if 

 application is made before the limited sup- 

 ply is exhausted. 



The expenditures of the committee for 

 the year were slightly more than |ii,8oo, 

 and the surprising results achieved with 

 this comparatively small sum constitute an 

 eloquent argument for the committee in its 

 appeal for funds to continue and extend its 

 operations. 



Contributions may be sent to William 

 Dutcher, Treasurer, 525 Manhattan avenue, 

 New York city. 



