BIRD-LORE 



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



Published for the National Committee of the Audubon Societies, as the official organ ot 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 Two in the Hand 



IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BIRDS YOU WILL BE INTERESTEI 

 IN ** BIRD-LORE**' Its pages are filled with descriptions of experiences witl 

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

 as literary naturalists. Among the contributors to Bird-Lore are 



John Burroughs Ernest Thompson Seton J. A. Allen 



Dr. Henry van Dyke Olive Thorne Miller William Brewster 



Bradford Torrey Florence Merriam Bailey Robert Ridgway 



and numerous other writers known both for their powers of observation and des 

 cription. 



In addition to general descriptive articles, Bird-Lore has departments " Foi 

 Teachers and Students, ' wherein are are given useful liints in bird-study, and **Fo] 

 Young Observers, ' designed to develop the love of birds inherent in all children, 

 These, with review^s of current ornithological literature, editorials, teachers' leaflets, 

 and reports of the work of the Audubon Societies, make a magazine which no bird 

 lover can do without. 



Not less deligfhtful and entertaining than the text are Bird-Lore's illustra 

 tions, which include actual photographs of the birds in their haunts, showing then 

 at rest and in motion, brooding their eggs, or feeding their young, as well a: 

 drawings. A feature of the coming year will be a series of plates by Bruce Horsfal 

 accurately illustrating 



THE warblers IN COLOR 



with figures of the male, female, and young (when their plumages differ) of everj 

 North American member of this fascinating family. 



The text accompanying these beautiful pictures will be by Professor W. W, 

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

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

 throughout their ranges. 



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