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Bird - Lore 



From Philadelphia 



"The members of my Junior Audubon 

 Class are very enthusiastic, and are 

 anxious to go on with the work. P>ach 

 Monday morning they have many inter- 

 esting things to tell. There are several 

 restless boys belonging to it, who formerly 

 had gained unenviable reputations. These 

 boys are among the most active members 

 of the class, and are anxious to finish 



the birds is a great work. From boyhood 

 I have studied the birds. The names of 

 new ones, after I had exhausted my 

 parents' knowledge, I learned from the 

 pictures in Webster's big dictionary. Of 

 course I learned only the more common 

 ones from such a meager source. Leaflets 

 and pictures such as yours would have 

 been a boon to me. Last summer an 

 unusually large number of birds nested 

 within a hundred yards of our house; a 



JUNIOR AUDUBON CLASS, JOSEPH WOOD SCHOOL, TREXTUX, 



work and obey rules in order that they 

 may have more time to spend in Fair- 

 mount Park watching birds. I want to 

 thank you for Bird-Lore. It is a very 

 great help in the work. Yours truly, 



Bessie M. Markley." 



From West Virginia 



"Two boys of my Junior Audubon Class 

 report a colony of Martins nesting in 

 their boxes; another a Bluebird; a third 

 a House Wren nesting on the porch; and 

 a fourth has been watching a Phoebe build 

 her nest in the mouth of an old mine. 



"This teaching of the children to know 



pair each of Bluebirds. Robins, Orchard 

 Orioles, Baltimore Orioles, Blue Jays, 

 Chipping Sparrows; Yellow Warblers, and 

 two pairs each of Flickers, Song Sparrows, 

 Catbirds, and Least Flycatchers. Some 

 of these come every year. 



D. W. Parsons. 



The Audubon Movement 



A brief account of the origin and prog- 

 ress of the Audubon movement has been 

 prepared; and a copy with an excellent 

 portrait of Mr. Dutcher, will be given to 

 anyone requesting it from the Secretary 

 of the National Association. 



