An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to 

 The Study and Protection of Birds 



EDITED BY FRANK M. CHAPMAN 



OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES 



Audubon Department Edited by Mabel Osgood Wright. 



Jtalg jeforg prominent American foriter on Birds out-of-doors will contribute 

 to Bird Lore during the present year. The list includes John 

 Burroughs, Dr. Henry van Dyke, Bradford Torrey, Olive Thorne Miller, 

 Mabel Osgood Wright, Annie Trumbull Slosson, Florence A. Merriam, 

 Edith M. Thomas, J. A. Allen, William Brewster, Henry Nehrling, 

 Ernest Seton Thompson, and numerous other writers, known both 

 for their powers of observation and description. 



Contents of February Number 



Frontispiece — Flashlight Photograph of John Burroughs at 

 'Slabs Sides.' 



In WARBLER TIME : : : : : John Burroughs 



John Burroughs at 'Slab Sides.' Illustrated 



The Camera as an Aid in the Study of Birds. Illustrated Dr. Thos. s. Roberts 



From a Cabin Window. Illustrated : : : H . w . Menke 



FOR TEACI+ERS AND STUDENTS 



Bird Study for Children. : : : : Isabel Eaton 



Winter Bird Studies 



FOR YOUNG OBSERVERS 



A Doorstep Sparrow. Illustrated : Florence a. Merriam 



A Prize Offered 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 



An Accomplished Sparrow ; : : : . j. L> Royael 



A Nuthatching Nuthatch. Illustrated : : : E B Southwick 



Collecting a Thrasher's Song (with the graphophone) s. d. juctd 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 



Kearton's 'With Nature and a Camrra'; De Kay's 'Bird (ions'. 

 Mrs. Maynard's Birds of Washington; The Massachusetts Au- 

 dubon Society's Bird Chart. 



EDITORIALS 



AUDUBON DEPARTMENT 

 Editorial; Reports from State Societies. 



The unexpectedly large demand for the first number of Bird Lore renders it advisable 

 to deliver the few remaining copies only to subscribers. 



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