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Bird - Lore 



LANDLORDS OFFERING BIRD-HOUSES FOR RENT 



MAKING PORTLAND A BIRD CITY 



Mr. William Finley, the National Asso- 

 ciation's Field Agent for the Pacific Coast, 

 has been greatly interested in fostering 

 the work of the Audubon movement in 

 the schools of the far West. In a recent 

 report to the home office he said: 



"During the past season, the children 

 of the Portland, Oregon, schools have 



built eight thousand . bird-houses, and 

 placed them in various parks and about 

 different sections of the city. The greater 

 number of the houses have been built by 

 the pupils of the manual-training depart- 

 ment of the different schools. The work 

 has been encouraged by the Board of Edu- 

 cation, and is under the direction of 



PORTLAND SCHOOL-BOYS MAKING BIRD-HOUSES 



