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Bird- Lore 



Union, and the New England Federation of Natural History Societies, and 

 has done its part in urging good and opposing vicious legislation. 



The trustees of the Public Library have been very generous in purchasing 

 books recommended by the Club, but the need has been felt for a library 

 composed of matter which is not of interest to the general public. Pamphlets 

 and government pubUcations of interest to club members are being collected, 

 to found our own reference library. 



The Play-Ground Commission of the town has set aside a portion of its 

 appropriation for bird walks this summer under instructors, and the children 

 are thus assured of some practical teaching in the field. 



The second year of the life of the club has proved most successful, and 

 we hope to prove still more emphatically during the coming year that "one 

 bird in a bush is worth more than two men with a spraying machine." 



BRONZED CRACKLE 

 Photographed by Miss C. R. Scriven, Webster City, Iowa. 



