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Bird - Lore 



PRIZES FOR BIRD- PHOTOGRAPHS 



To stimulate interest in bird-photog- 

 raphy, and at the same time encourage 

 the winter feeding of wild birds, The 

 National Association of Audubon Socie- 

 ties offers ten prizes for the best photo- 

 graphs of wild-bird feeding at window- 

 boxes, food-houses, food-shelves, or other 

 similar devices: 



First prize, Fifteen dollars in cash. 



Second prize. Ten Dollars in cash. 



Third prize. Five Dollars in cash. 



Fourth and Fifth prizes, — Chapman's 

 "Handbook of Birds of Eastern North 

 America." 



Sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, and 

 tenth prizes, Baynes's 'Wild Bird Guests.' 



All photographs must be mailed in time 

 to reach T. Gilbert Pearson, Secretary, 

 1974 Broadway, New York, on or before 

 April I, 1916. Each contestant may sub- 

 mit any number of prints, but the full 

 name and address of the contestant must 

 be plainly written on the back of each 

 print. The photographs may be of any 

 size, and preferably should be printed on 

 glossy paper; but this is not required. All 

 prints submitted will become the property 



of The National Association of Audubon 

 Societies, which reserves the right to 

 publish any of them. 



The judges will be the following well- 

 known bird- photographers: Frank M. 

 Chapman, Herbert K. Job, and Ernest 

 Harold Baynes. In making their decision, 

 the judges will take into consideration the 

 following points: 



1. The number of individual birds in 

 the photograph. 



2. The comparative shyness of the 

 species that have been attracted. 



3. The sharpness and definition of the 

 photograph. 



4. The attractive appearance of the 

 feeding-device used, from the human as 

 well as from the birds' point of view. 



5. The composition of the photograph 

 as a picture. 



Whenever possible, the feeding- device, 

 or other object, should be set up in a 

 position not only satisfactory to the birds, 

 but so as to be viewed advantageously by 

 the photographer, and to have good 

 lighting and a good background. 



THE SPIRIT OF AUDUBON 



There has recently been released, for the 

 use of commercial motion-picture houses, 

 a two-reel film prepared by the Than- 

 houser Film Corporation of New Rochelle, 

 New York, entitled, "The Spirit of 

 Audubon." It is interesting and highly 

 educational, and this Association is 

 greatly interested in its success, for, if 

 there is a good demand for it, this will 

 doubtless be the beginning of a series of 

 educational films presenting the Audubon 

 cause. 



A very pretty story runs through this 

 exhibition. Audubon comes at night and 

 takes two little children from their beds, 

 one of them being a nest-robbing boy. In 



vision he takes them to Florida, Louisiana, 

 Connecticut and elsewhere, and shows 

 them wonderful pictures of bird-life. The 

 most of the film consists of motion-pic- 

 tures taken by Mr. Job. It shows also 

 a procession of children in New York at 

 Audubon's birthday celebration, and at 

 the end the children, standing at the 

 Audubon monument in Trinity Cemetery, 

 pledge loyalty to the birds and to the 

 Audubon idea. 



If teachers and others will request their 

 local-motion picture-houses to produce 

 this film, it will be of great assistance to 

 the Audubon cause as well as provide a 

 delightful entertainment. 



