Identifier: birdlore61904nati (find matches)
Title: Bird lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Committee of the Audubon Societies of America National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals National Audubon Society
Subjects: Birds Birds Ornithology
Publisher: New York City : Macmillan Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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d if you cannotobtain old weathered boards for your lodg-ing house, be content with a dull green orbrown shingle stain not of the creosotevariety.—M. O. W. Report of the Audubon Society of theDistrict of Columbia for 1903-4 Commencing with October 17, 1903. amillinery exhibit was held at the RaleighHotel, attracting many strangers as well asresidents. A bad. rainy day was against us,but, in spite of that, the show was a success.This was followed by an autumn water-party to the Great Falls of the Potomac.The day was beautiful, and birds and hu-mans were both happy. November 10, areception for members of the society andtheir friends was held at the WashingtonClub. Charts, literature and some goodmusic added to the social pleasure of theevening. Regular meetings of the society were heldthrough the winter as follows:Decembers, 1903.—Illustrated lecture, ANaturalist in Mexico. Speaker, Mr. E. W.Nelson. January 20, 1904.—Annual Meeting. Re-port of the secretary and the treasurer. Lee-
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214 Bird- Lore ture—A Trip into Florida, illustratedwith the most beautiful lantern-slides.Speaker, the Rev. Herbert K. Job. Thislecture was delivered before a very fullhouse and created the greatest admirationand enthusiasm. February 9.—Regular meeting. Pro-gram: Birds in Song—Miss Given. Se-lected poems read by Miss E. V. Brown., Birds in Prose —Mrs. Wallace Radcliflc.Informal notes by members. March 8.—Regular meeting. Topic— Bird Protective Legislation and Methodsof Enforcement, with special reference tothe District of Columbia, Dr. T. SPalmer. April 12.—Two lectures were given atthis meeting. One on Migration, by Pro-fessor W. W. Cooke. The second by Mr.Henry Oldys and called In Natures Do-mains. This was most interestingly illus-trated by bird notes and calls. In April began our field meetings andbird classes. Four outdoor meetings wereheld, two in April and two in May. April 8, we began our class for birdstudy. The subjects for these classes were: General Study of

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