BIRD-LORE 



A Bi-Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Study , and Protection of Birds 



Published for the National Committee of the Audubon Societies, as the official organ of the Societies. 



Edited by FRANK M. CHAPMAN 



Audubon Department edited by MABEL OSGOOD WRIGHT and WILLIAM DUTCHER 

 BIRD-LORE'S Motto; A Bird in the Bush is Worth Tzvo in the Hand 



IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BIRDS YOU WILL BE INTERESTED 

 IN a BIRD-LORE." I ts pages are filled with descriptions of experiences with 

 birds in field and forest from the pens of writers who have won world-wide fame 

 as literary naturtiists.CjAmong the contributors to Bird-Lore are 



JoHN>BuR^puGH^ V Ernest Thompson Seton J. A. Allen 



Dr. H^ry \&n DVke vj Olive Thorne Miller William Brewster 



Bradford Tori^y t+* tldrence Merriam Bailey Robert Ridgway 



and numerous othe^ \vT?jter?^no\riLboth for their powers of observation and des- 

 cription. &- Jfr C <S S^ 



In addition to ge^rar^^esci^Dtive/jarticles, Bird-Lore has departments "For 

 Teachers and Students,* ^her^i afiWre gixen. useful hints in bird-study, and "For 

 Young Observers, " designeajk) SWelop J^he^tyave of birds inherent in all children. 

 These, with reviews of curren*^orni$j>olo£ft»l ^terature, editorials, teachers' leaflets, 

 and reports of the work of the ^hdu^ci !$feietie& make a magazine which no bird- 

 lover can do without. %y~ ^ * vJL O^ 



Not less delightful and entertaining *h an ^ e **£* are Bird-Lore's illustra- 



*)ir*ls in fheir haunts, showing them 



feeSong feydr y< 

 l s^ries^jf pfofes L 

 accurately illustrating "^ -<V ^ 



as well as 



tions, which include actual photographs* of tli^ bif*ls in fheir haunts, si 

 at rest and in motion, brooding their eggs, of feeding Vkdr young, 

 drawings. A feature of the coming year will be a^^iesVC plafes by Bruce Horsfall 

 accurately illustrating "^ <V ^ ^ 



THE WARBLERS IN C&£D$&, "% 



with figures of the male, female, and young (when their pluitiagesPdifTetfjL of every 

 North American member of this fascinating family. <0 V* G 



The text accompanying these beautiful pictures will be by foofe^or W. W. 

 Cooke, from data in the possession of the Biological Survey at 'Washington, and will 

 give the times of arrival and departure of the Warblers from hundreds of localities 

 throughout their ranges. 



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