Identifier: birdlore19nati (find matches)
Title: Bird-lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Conservation Periodicals
Publisher: New York, National Association of Audubon Societies
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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s each); lectures, 32 different towns; charts,191 schools; portfolios of postcards and 23 portfolios of Birds of New York incirculation. 438 Bird - Lore We are about to send out a new lecture entitled The Museum Man in theCountry, text by Mrs. Wright, illustrated by 75 slides made and colored byWilbur F. Smith. The work of the Junior Audubon Societies in connection with the NationalAssociation has been carried on as heretofore by Miss Hurd, our SchoolSecretary, who has visited 35 cities and villages in the state, giving some 200talks, and showing specimens of mounted birds to 25,000 children. As a directresult, 523 Junior Audubon Societies were formed, with a membership of 10,523- Our Society presented a cat license bill to the Legislature last winter andsent a strong delegation to the hearing in committee. Two other bills of likenature were introduced by other bodies, but they were all killed. However, thewhole matter was treated seriously, and we have great hopes that this work was-
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SUPERINTENDENT NOVAK OF THE BIRDCRAFT SANCTUARY TAMING A CHICKADEE Photograph by Wilbur F. Smith an opening wedge, and we shall work without ceasing until the bill is presentedtwo years hence. Milton S. Lacey, one of our Executive Board, framed a bill of great import-ance for the protection of shore-birds that was successfully put through theLegislature, entitled An Act Concerning the Snipe, Plover, and other Shore-birds, by which there is a closed season for Golden and Black-bellied Plover, Reports of State Societies and Bird Clubs 439

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