Identifier: birdlore151913nati (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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nt, Mrs. Joseph Strout, of Portland, Maine, was also most active as Chair-man of Legislation Maine Federation of Womens Clubs, with her senatorsand representatives, having a backing of not less than eight or ten thousandwomen, working in favor of the McLean amendment. For the first time in the history of our Junior Audubon Classes, I calledfor reports of work done in the schools. About fifty teachers responded, allwriting of the great interest the Junior members took in their drawings andmaking of bird-boxes. Feeding-tables, Christmas trees, and suet hung underwire netting, afforded fine opportunities to study the birds at close rangeduring the winter months, and all have promised to take up this departmentagain during the coming year. Virginia Bird Day, May 4, the birthday ofJohn James Audubon, was generally observed in the state, and a good programsent to the Virginia Journal of Education by the Audubon Society. While in Richmond, last November, at the Teachers Conference, I visited
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MISS KATHARINE H. STUARTField Agent for Virginia (421) 422 Bird - Lore the Board of Health, and succeeded in interesting that department in ourwork. Dr. William Plecker, of the Vital Statistics Department, who hasalready done much work for the Audubon Society, will give talks throughthe state, in connection with his work, showing birds useful in destroyingmosquitos, flies, etc., the worst enemies of human life. This is great gainto our cause. At the annual meeting, held in Clifton Forge, I was appointedfor my sixth term, Chairman of Wild Life Department, Virginia Federationof Womens Clubs. At this meeting, we received the zoological circularsfrom Doctor Hornaday, of New York, and took action at once in a specialresolution offered by me, in favor of the feather proviso. This resolutionwas printed and sent throughout our state, to our senators and representativesin Congress, and prominent women and men in every direction. In the heatof battle over the Clapp amendment, hundreds of letter

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