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losing side furnished a picnic dinner to the Club. Many birds were attracted 

 near one of the class-room windows by food placed for them nearby. — F. 

 Keith Pierce, President. 



Hamilton (Canada) Bird Protection Society, Inc. — The Society has 

 again enjoyed a highly successful year. Its six regular meetings were largely 

 attended, and addresses on bird-study and bird-protection were thoroughly 

 appreciated. Among the speakers of the season were T. Gilbert Pearson, W. 

 E. Saunders, and other well-known authorities on the subjects in which our 

 members are interested. In field-work the Society conducted its usual weekly 

 bird-walks during the spring migration season, compiled spring and fall mi- 

 gration lists, and, for the first time, was able to make a Christmas bird-census 

 (previously reported in Bird-Lore) which will no doubt be an annual event 

 in future. Work in the schools of Hamilton and the neighboring counties was 

 carried out as usual, and a large number of Junior Bird Clubs were formed, to 

 obtain the educational leaflets of the National Association of Audubon Societies. 



Mr. Pearson kindly spoke at a children's meeting as well as at the regular 

 meeting of the Society, and the juvenile audience, which taxed the capacity 

 of the hall, were fired with fresh enthusiasm for the cause of bird-protection. 

 Through the efforts of this Society, all letters mailed in Hamilton during the 

 month of May bore the postmark shown in the illustration. We hope other 

 bird-protective organizations will join us in this method of propaganda during 

 the breeding season next spring. At present, we are preparing a set of instruc- 

 tive posters which we hope will influence some who are unaffected by warning 

 or threatening notices. Each will deal briefly with the economic value of one 

 of our common birds. They are being printed by a member, H. C. Merrilees. 



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'PROTECT THE BIRDS AND HELP THE CROPS' 

 Showing Cancellation Stamp of Hamilton, Ontario Post Office 



