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FlG. 293. Red-sliouldered hawk at her nest in the tree top. Photographed in the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. One eighth life size. 



lage to supply the peacock populace of New York. The 

 Audubon Society has proved itself a mighty force for good 

 not only in showing the evil wrought by collectors of birds 

 and their eggs, but also in rendering unpopular the use of 

 birds for millinery purposes. If every pupil will do his part 

 in that great missionary work of protecting the birds, their 

 nests, and young, in the coming years the dream of Shelley 

 may be nearer realization. 



