444 Bird -Lore 



Englewood (N. J.) Bird Club. — ^This Club, organized in 191 5, enters 

 upon the seventh year of its work with 290 active members. Regular monthly 

 meetings of the Club are held from October until April, with splendid attend- 

 ance at each meeting. During May, six early morning bird-walks were taken, 

 under the leadership of Walden DeWitt Miller of the Department of Orni- 

 thology of the American Museum of Natural History. The Club has active 

 Protection, Field-Study, Publicity and Program Committees. The Pro- 

 tection Committee erected a shelter and installed a feeding-tray at one of the 

 country clubs and, working with the Publicity Committee, aroused much gen- 

 eral interest and activity by placing a complete and attractive exhibition of 

 feeding-devices, baths, bird-houses, and books on bird-lore in a prominent 

 store-window during a week in the late fall. The Publicity Committee has 

 done able work through the local paper, the object being to make all citizens 

 'ex officio' members of the Bird Club. The program of the season was arranged 

 to further hold the attention of the general pubHc who were invited to the 

 popular lectures. 



The chief attractions were: A lecture by Dr. Frank M. Chapman on 'Fall 

 Migrations;' a matinee lecture by Professor Allen, of Cornell University, on 

 'Bird Protection,' with slides and motion pictures, for the school children, 

 which was repeated in the evening for the Club and its friends; Dan Fellows 

 Piatt on 'Our National Parks' with beautiful pictures; Charles Gorst, of 

 Boston, in his very popular and instructive series of bird-call imitations, with 

 paintings of the birds. 



Members were given a surprise test at another meeting, being asked to 

 identify numerous skins and the Audubon Chart illustrations. This resulted in 

 some immediate and intensive bird-study. The membership is increasing. 

 The treasurer's report shows net assets of $165 on September 30, 1922. — 

 Amy C. Parkhurst, Secretary. 



Forest Hills Gardens (N. Y.) Audubon Society. — Our Audubon Society 

 is going quietly and steadily on as it has ever since the organization on April 

 9, 1 9 14. The aims of the Society have been to attract birds to the village and 

 then to keep them here and to interest the residents in these feathered friends. 

 The birds are needed to save the priceless trees, shrubs, and flowers from the 

 pests that would destroy them, and their songs are needed to lift the men and 

 women, boys and girls, from things material. Bird-houses have been placed 

 in hospitable trees, in private yards and in the parks, and the people have been 

 encouraged to keep the houses clean and ready for the occupants. Generous 

 and friendly winter-feeding of many pounds of grain has saved the life of many 

 a bird when the snow has been on the ground. 



All through the years, a continuous program of education has been carried 

 on by the organization to interest the adults in the birds and to train the 

 children in the intelligent care of these valuable song-birds. On November 5, 



