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Bird - Lore 



Good work was reported of winter feed- 

 ing and bird-observation. One pupil had 

 noted twenty-one varieties of birds this 

 spring; another twenty-one; others less. 

 Calendars had been kept up. Recitations 

 were given and compositions read on the 

 subject of birds and their service to us. 

 The second part of the program was given 

 to patriotic exercises, reviewing work that 

 had been done already, and suggesting 

 further effort, in Red Cross work, food- 

 saving, gardening, and buying of Thrift 



Stamps. On a poster showing our soldiers 

 going 'over the top' for us, had been 

 lettered "Give Them Wheat— Eat Pota- 

 toes," and this suggestion was emphasized. 

 At the close of this brief address the whole 

 society took the pledge: "I promise to 

 serve my country in her time of need!" 

 Admirable compositions on patriotic 

 service were read by the pupils. After 

 election of ofi&cers, the exercises were fol- 

 lowed by games and refreshments. — 

 Leila Allen Dimock. 



JLiNiUK AuuoJiUiN uLAbb l<UKiVii,Li H )l MRb. A. VV. DlMUCK, PLEKAMUbE, N. Y. 



ELGIN, (ILL.) AUDUBON SOCIETY'S ANNUAL EXHIBIT 



, The Elgin Audubon Society held its 

 second annual exhibit from April 19-22 

 in the parlors of the Young Women's 

 Christian Association building, during 

 which time it is estimated that at least 

 2,000 interested visitors availed them- 

 selves of the privilege of examining the 

 hundreds of specimens. 



Besides numerous cases and collections 



of native birds, there were interesting 

 groups of birds from Mexico, Australia, 

 South America, Europe, and India. 

 Through the influence of one of our mem- 

 bers, who is on the staff at Field's Museum, 

 Chicago, we had the loan of a very fine 

 collection of fifty-three bird-skins. 



The part that bird-study is taking in the 

 schools was shown by the display of bird- 



