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SUGGESTIONS FOR SPECIAL AUDUBON WORK 



Bird Clubs. — Form Bird Clubs in the schools and in rural centers. The 

 National Association has a leaflet on this subject (Special Leaflet, No. 3), 

 which should be circulated widely. Bird Clubs will excite the interest of 

 children and give them that " something to do " which every energetic child 

 needs. 



Bird Boxes. — The State Societies are recommended to offer a series of 

 prizes for the best-planned and most successfully used bird-houses. This will 

 be another means of securing the cooperation of the young people and also 

 of attracting around the homes valuable and interesting birds. 



Feeding and Drinking Places. — There are occasions in winter when birds 

 suffer very greatly for lack of food, especially during and after heavy sleet- 

 storms, when a crust forms on the surface of the snow and the trees are 

 encased in ice. It is the duty of every Audubon Society to urge the public, 

 especially the children, to feed the birds at such times. There is not a paper 

 in the country that would refuse to publish, without charge, such a request, 

 if it is made by an Audubon organization. The press is always willing to 

 further such good civic effort. The request should be accompanied by 

 directions as to kinds of food to be distributed and how it should be done. 

 Thousands of birds may be saved in this manner, and many may be saved 

 unnecessary suffering. 



Quail. — The growing scarcity of Quail in a large belt of the country is 

 in part due to the severity of the winters, when they die from lack of food, 

 which is covered by a crust of frozen snow. This can, in a great 

 measure, be prevented by the Audubon Societies, if they will take up the 

 matter systematically. Send circulars to the schools, and the granges of your 

 state, and urge them to locate the coveys of Quail in their neighborhood in 

 order to feed them when necessary. The circulars should give full directions 

 as to best methods of feeding and kinds of food. The press will always be 

 glad to aid in this work by publishing your Quail circulars. It must be 

 remembered that, when the Bob-white disappears from any of the middle or 

 eastern states, they will be gone forever, as it will be almost impossible 

 to replace them by birds from other states, nearly all the commonwealths, 

 especially in the South and Southwest, having already passed laws prohibit- 

 ing the export of Quail, either alive or dead. 



