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Bird - Lore 



Situated on a bluff along Sugar Creek, furnished with many springs and brooks, 

 nature and art have combined to produce an effect of great beauty. In addition, 

 Mr. Evans, being a bird-lover, has put up sixty-six nesting-boxes, besides two 

 large Martin-houses, many feeding-stations and bird-baths. Under his direc- 

 tion, bird-boxes have also been erected on the grounds of the Country Club 

 which adjoins his place, and by other neighbors in the vicinity. Cats and 

 English Sparrows have practically been exterminated, and we have in actual 

 existence a bird-sanctuary which every year is becoming more beautiful and 

 attractive. Of sixty-six boxes on Mr. Evans' place, thirty-seven were occupied, 

 many of them two or three times during the season. Spring Ledge is always 

 open to visitors, so that our Club, as a whole, and as individuals, has had 

 abundant opportunity for observing Mr. Evans' success in his work of protect- 

 ing and attracting the birds. Our Club is very enthusiastic, and we look forward 

 to the coming year hopeful of accomplishing greater things for the birds. — ■ 

 C. W. Jack. Secretary. 



WILD BLACK DUCKS, IN A STARVING CONDITION, FED BY AUDUBON SOCIETY 

 FRIENDS AT MARTIN'S POINT BRIDGE, NEAR PORTLAND, MAINE 



Cumberland County (Me.) Audubon Society. — Our Society held its 

 monthly as well as annual meeting in the rooms of the Portland Society of 

 Natural History, Friday, September 12, 1919, at 8 p.m. The following officers 

 were elected for the year 1919-20: President, Miss Mabel S. Daveis; Vice- 



