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BIRD DAY IN MAINE. 



The State of Maine recently celebrated its first officially appointed Bird 

 Day. In most of the schools there were exercises pertaining to birds. The 

 Stanton Bird Club, of Lewiston, made this a special day, various members 

 visiting the city schools and talking to the children. Then in the evening 

 they filled the spacious rooms of the Auburn Chamber of Commerce with 

 an enthusiastic audience. There were speeches by various members of the 

 Club, an exhibition of bird charts, bird-houses and other bird protection 

 material, trees and shrubs attractive to birds, photographs, posters, etc. 

 Prominently shown and attracting much attention were a series of water 

 color pictures of birds made by Elwyn McColister, a junior member of the 

 Club. The Lewiston evening papers devoted several columns to the story 

 of the day. 



The Cumberland County Bird Club of Portland also celebrated the day, 

 one feature being a bird lecture with illustrated lantern slides provided by 

 the Massachusetts Audubon Society. About seventeen hundred Portland 

 school children saw these pictures and were thus initiated into the pleasure 

 and profit of bird study. Henceforward, Bird Day will be a regular feature 

 in the State. 



BOOKS FOR BIRD STUDY. 



For those wishing a complete outfit in small compass the Audubon 

 Society recommends a purchase of Chapman's "Handbook of Birds of 

 Eastern North America" ($4.00), the colored plates of "The Birds of New 

 York" (bound, S2.50; unbound, $1.50), and Reed's "Bird Guides," "Land 

 Birds" (leather, $1.50; cloth-bound, $1.25), "Water Birds" (leather, $1.50; 

 cloth-bound, $1.25). Chapman's "Handbook" is a complete dictionary of 

 bird-life and of methods of bird study, and the colored plates of "The Birds 

 of New York" show every bird ever seen in that State and is equally service- 

 able for Massachusetts. The little Reed Bird Guides slip easily into the 

 pocket and are invaluable for bird walks and other outdoor use. At the 

 office we show and are always glad to take orders for most of the important 

 and useful bird books of the day. Many of these we have in stock, and 

 they can be obtained here without delay. Among new books just added, of 

 great value to bird students, is Dr. Charles W. Townsend's supplement to 

 his valuable work "The Birds of Essex County." 



THE "NATIVE PLANT" SOCIETY. 



Members of the Society for the Protection of our Native Plants were 

 enthusiastic visitors to the exhibition at Horicultural Hall recently to view 

 Mr. Albert E. Burrage's wonderful display of our native orchids in bloom. 

 With consummate art the hall had been transformed into a woodland glade 

 where the foot fell softly on moss and pine leaves where were tiny pools 

 surrounded by sphagnum moss and where water trickled over cool rocks. 

 The display of orchids was very wonderful. There also were pitcher-plants 

 in bloom and many varieties of fern in full frond. It was agreed by the 

 visitors that nowhere short of the Moose Hill Bird Sanctuary at Sharon 

 could be seen such a profusion of beautiful ferns in full growth. Many 

 of our rare orchids may also be found in the limits of the Bird Sanctuary. 

 The Society for the Protection of Native Plants is doing a splendid work 

 throughout our State in calling attention to the need of preserving our rarer 



