BIRD-LORE 



An Illustrated Magazine Devoted to 

 The Study and Protection of Birds 



••The bonniest little Magazine erer put together on the subject."— R. KEA.RTON 



EDITED BY FRANK M. CHAPMAN 



OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE AUDUBON SOCIETIES 



Audubon Department Edited by Mabel Osgood Wright. 



Among the contributors for 1899 are John Burroughs, Dr. 

 Henry van Dyke, Bradford Torrey, Olive Thorne Miller, Florence 

 A. Merriam, Annie Trumbull Slosson, Edith M. Thomas, J. A. 

 Allen, William Brewster, and Ernest Seton Thompson. 



The illustrations from photographs of wild birds in nature will 

 be among the best ever published in this country. 



Contents of April Number 



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

 A Least Bittern Portrait. Illustrated : : : e. a. Tabor 



Clark's Crows and Oregon Jays on Mt. Hood. Illustrated. Plorence A . Me rriam 

 Loons at Home. Illustrated. : : : wiiiiam Butcher 



Photographing a Bluebird. Illustrated : : : n. w Hefner 



A Tragic St. Valentine's Day : : : Annie Trumbull siosson 



FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS 



Suggestions for a B a rd-Day program c. a. Babcoak (Originator of Bird-Day ) 



Summer Boarders for Boys and Girls 



A Bird-Day Program : : : : : Elizabeth v. Brown 



Migration Tables for April and May : : : Dr. a. k. Fisher 



FOR YOUNG OBSERVERS 



The Lrgend of the Salt Illustrated : : Frank m. chapman 



The February Walk Contest 



A February Walk in Central Park (Prize Essay) ; r:oyd c. Noble 



The Myth of the Song Sparrow. Verse. Illustrated. Ernest seton Thompson 



NOTES FROM FIELD AND STUDY 



Sparrow-proof Bird Houses. Illustrated : : : d. r. Geery 



A Musical Woodpecker : : ; : : d. l. Burnett 



An Ornithologist at San Juan '- 



BOOK NEWS AND REVIEWS 



EDITORIALS 



AUDUBON DEPARTMENT 



Editorial A Letter from Theodore Roosevelt Reports of Societies 



Comments of the Press on Bird-Lore for February 



"It promises to present the subject of birds most intelligently."— The Outlook 

 "The first issue is all that can be desired."— Catholic News. 

 "Extremely interesting, entertaining, and instructive." — New York Home jour- 

 nal. 



" A beiutiful publication ... it ought to be well supported." — Hartford 



Daily Times. 

 "It may be commended to all bird lovers." — San Francisco Chronicle. 

 "The Editor and Publishers should be congratulated on the general excellence 

 of the magazine, which is not alone a delight to the mind, but also to the eve." 



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