68 



Bird - Lore 



Richards, Mrs. L. S S oo 



Sexton, Mrs. Edward B. . . . 5 oo 



Shaw, Mrs. G. H 2 oo 



Sturgis, F. K 5 00 



Toland, Leigh i 00 



Tower, Ellen M S 00 



Townley, Mrs. John L i 00 



Tyler, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. . 2 00 



Van Wagenen, Mrs. G. A. 2 00 



Whitney, Miss Ellen F. . . . i 00 



Wilkins, Miss Laura i 00 



.Woman's Club 10 00 



Total $562 41 



NOTES OF AUDUBON WORK 



Busy Bird Clubs 



Dimock, Pennsylvania, is a scattered 

 crossroads village of 123 souls, yet it has a 

 Junior Class of 23 members that hold 

 meetings fortnightly, all the year round, 

 and even more often in summer. 



Bird clubs in southern California are 

 being entertained by a little play entitled 

 'The Woodpeckers' Convention,' written 

 by Mrs. Louise Carola Davis, and illus- 

 trated with stereopticon slides taken from 

 her own photographs of California birds. 



Fritz Hagans, the new president of the 

 Forest Hills Audubon Society, has had the 

 Boy Scouts distribute from door to door 

 directions for the proper feeding of the 

 wild birds that remain in the gardens over 

 winter. He especially recommends the 

 giving of water, even before food; and sug- 

 gests the melting of suet and mixing it 

 with hemp, millet, rape and canary seed, 

 and crushed corn, putting this in a feeding- 

 box a few feet above the earth. Suet may 



also be fastened to the trees, far enough 

 up to be out of the way of dogs. 



Mrs. Granville Ross Pike, who has been 

 doing good Audubon work in southern 

 California under the auspices of the 

 National Association, has prepared 'The 

 Birds' Declaration of Independence,' 

 which is an excellent document for con- 

 servationists, and has a gentle irony that 

 appeals to every mind. 



It is pleasing to know that such a 

 veteran as Dr. Thomas S. Roberts, of 

 Minneapolis, is still active in bird-pro- 

 tection work, keeping local clubs wide- 

 awake, and availing himself of varied 

 opportunities for preaching the gospel 

 according to Audubon. 



The flourishing Watertown (N. Y.) 

 Bird Club lately had an evening meeting 

 devoted to the life and studies of Audubon. 

 This club lately published a capital pamph- 

 let on the birds of its territory by E. J. 

 Sawyer, well-known as an artist of bird- 

 life, who is one of its members. 



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