Al! right:; reserved. January, 1917 



BIRD NOTES: 



THE 



JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. 



Our frnntispicrc practically skives the key to, and 

 shadows forth, what the immediate present and near future 

 contain for us, both as members of F.B.C., and as part^ of 

 the nation — fighting or working for the nation; this will loom 

 out ii"i the next few months as the main purpose of our lives, 

 all else being subordinate thereto. It will doubtless mean for 

 many, who are too old or unfit for the fighting line, separa- 

 tion from home-life, while they serve in other ways. 



Now just a word about the actualities of the frontis- 

 piece; while th'' figure is not a portrait, yet it is the replica 

 of a scene which the writer witnessed, when visiting one of 

 our members a i'l-w months ago. who was enjoying- a short 

 leave from his duties at the front— so, both the plate and 

 • title figure a bit of unexaggeratecl life. 



Here I must interpolate a word of appreciation and 

 thanks to the artist (Mr>. Ali((' Al . Cook) who has so ably 

 giv( ii efifect to a mere word sketch, and. moreo\er, has done 

 the work gratuitously, for wiiich we owi' and lender her our 

 aj)preriative thanks. 



Th.e Xinas Card, an original (Mie from the Alacedoinan 

 Front which we reproduce herewith, tells a similar story, and 

 many letters penned amid the stern realities and horrors of the 

 Western and Eastern fighting- lines echo the same refrain, that 

 the home-life, its responsibilities and pleasures, are ever with 

 them, and several most interesting articles and letters in last 

 volume of ' B.N." were penned amid the turmoil of the 

 fighting-fronts of Mesopotamia, France, Flanders, and 

 Siilonika. 



