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BIRD WALKS. Many enthusiastic bird students let no season of the year 

 go by without frequent bird walks. The erratic move- 

 ments of the winter birds, and especially the interest in those which come 

 down as rare visitors from the Far North, give even in the dead of winter 

 opportunities for interesting and exciting discoveries. As the spring ap- 

 proaches, these joys are augmented by the possibility of early arriving spring 

 migrant^ With the northern shrikes, the pine grosbeaks, the siskins and the 

 j uncos may appear any day of late February or early March, grackles, robins, 

 song sparrows or even bluebirds. It is in March that the interest in bird 

 walks becomes keener, and those whom the winter storms have debarred or 

 delayed plan to brave the lessening rigors of the weather and get out to 

 meet the first returning spring visitants. Announcements of personally con- 

 ducted bird walks at the Sharon Sanctuary will not be forthcoming until the 

 next Bulletin. Meanwhile, however, there are two opportunities offered 

 to bird-lovers at large. The Brookline Bird Club conducts walks weekly, 

 and welcomes bird-lovers even if not directly connected with the Club. 

 Fuller information concerning these walks may be obtained by addressing 

 the Secretary of the Club, Mrs. George W. Kaan, 194 Aspinwall Avenue, 

 Brookline. On Saturdays Mr. C. J. Maynard conducts walks and talks with 

 nature. Mr. Maynard is one of the best and best-known field naturalists in 

 the country today, having a wide knowledge of birds, on which he is one of 

 our foremost authorities, and of wild life in general. Arrangements for join- 

 ing these walks may be made by addressing him at West Newton, Mass. 



BIRD LECTURES. By the time this Bulletin is published the Audubon 

 Society's Annual Course of bird lectures will have been 

 completed. The great care which has been taken to make these lectures at 

 once entertaining and instructive has found a ready response in the public. 

 The attendance has been very satisfactory, the hall being well filled and the 

 appreciation of the good things of the Course freely expressed. An attend- 

 ance of twelve to fifteen hundred people every Saturday for a month at a 

 series of bird lectures shows the great interest which the general public takes 

 in birds and the efforts of the Audubon Society to secure effective and con- 

 tinual protection for them. The Course has come to be a recognized Boston 

 institution which people attend as a matter of course much as they do the 

 Symphonies. The lectures have this year netted a substantial sum, which will 

 be used in furthering the work of the Society. 



AUDUBON PICTURE. The Elson Art Publication Company of Belmont, 



Mass., has placed on view at the office a beautiful 

 engraved picture of Audubon. This portrait, painted by Henry Inman, is 

 now in the possession of Harriet B. Audubon, the naturalist's granddaughter. 

 It is considered an excellent likeness by members of his family. The repro- 

 duction is deep intaglio copper-plate photogravure, nearly of the same size 

 as the original. The plate was undertaken some years ago at the suggestion 

 of members of the Massachusetts Audubon Society in order that a good por- 

 trait might be available for schools, believing that many of the Audubon 

 Societies would be interested to see that it was placed there. The size of the 

 photogravure is 1534 x 19 inches. The framing size is 24 x 30 inches. Two 

 editions are published. The price of this picture, unframed, express paid, 

 is $5.00. Copies may be ordered through the Society. 



