434 Bird - Lore 



pines and Norway spruces in the sanctuary. These trees were donated by the 

 Department of Forestry, at Cornell University, and were especially appreciated 

 because the sanctuary, being a bottomland forest, formerly had no evergreens. 

 The planting of the trees was made the occasion of a field-day for the schools, 

 and the children themselves did the work under the supervision of their teachers 

 and members of the Bird Club. 



This year, again, the Bird Club is to have the privilege of hearing many 

 leading ornithologists who are coming to Cornell in connection with the course 

 in wild-life conservation. — A. A. Allen, Secretary. 



Cocoanut Grove (Fla.) Audubon Society. — We can report good work 

 along every line, especially with the children. The president reports finding a 

 Bridled Tern in the Hammock Shore of Biscayne Bay, that had been blown 

 ashore during a storm. This bird has only been reported once before in Florida, 

 according to Chapman. It was not injured and was returned to the water by 

 Kirk Munroe. The bird's home is the Bahamas. Two Black-billed Cardinals 

 have been seen and fed for more than a week at a bird feeding-station. They 

 came with other Cardinals. They are rare, and our bird books do not tell us of 

 them. Why? Early in September a flock of Roseate Spoonbills was seen fly- 

 ing southward from Cocoanut Grove. None of these birds has been seen here 

 for over twenty years. 



We have established an Audubon shelf in the Cocoanut Grove Library that 

 is proving very useful. No aigrettes or other wild-bird feathers are now seen 

 on hats here. The Society succeeded in having Cocoanut Grove made a bird- 

 sanctuary according to law, and the mayor of the town has offered a prize for 

 the best bird-work done by boy or girl belonging to the juvenile class of our 

 Society. — (Mrs.) Kirk Munroe, President. 



Columbus (Ohio) Audubon Society. — Two lectures, two social meetings, 

 one juvenile program, and thirteen field-trips constitute the activities of the 

 Columbus Audubon Society for 1918-1919. Contributions were made as follows: 

 $5 to the Roosevelt Memorial Fountain Fund ; $6 to the New York Bird and 

 Tree Club to plant trees in devastated France. In October, George L. Fordyce, 

 of Youngstown, Ohio, a well-known ornithologist, lectured, particularly inter- 

 esting the audience with his pictures of water-birds. No meetings were allowed 

 in November or December on account of the "flu" epidemic. In January the 

 State Board of Agriculture joined with the Society in bringing Herbert K. 

 Job, with the National Association's wonderful moving-pictures, to Columbus. 

 Over sixty state game-wardens attended the lecture. 



The main social event of the year was a unique bird party, for which the 

 Morrey School of Music gave the use of their house. The young people gave 

 bird charades and the older people went about with the name of a bird pinned 

 on their backs, trying to guess of each other the bird they represented. Then 



