Identifier: birdlore211919nati (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 Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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all boys shoot-ing air-guns in the village of Westbury.After that I went to see the principal of theschool, but he was out of town during theChristmas holidays. I will reach him byletter and ask him to place this matterbefore his boys and bring to their atten-tion the seriousness of destroying birds ofany kind. Let Bird-Lovers Be Watchful Now that the world war is over, theUnited States is faced with the tremendoustask of helping feed the famished countriesof Europe in addition to maintaining itsown domestic food supply. The wild birds constitute our greatestnatural guardians of the growing crops,many of them daily eating their ownweight in insects. Nev^er before has theneed for conserving our wild bird-lifebeen so tremendously vital as at thistime. It is, therefore, highly importantthat everyone should be greatly interestedin bird-protection, and no opportunityshould be lost to encourage the birds tocome about the home, and to see that theyare protected from all destructive agencies.
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THE BIRDSLOVE BERRIES When you first look out of thewindow early in the morning youwill see the birds getting theirbreakfast from the berry-bearingshrubs. These same shrubs willalso provide lunch and dinner, infact will yield a perpetual feast. It is a simple matter for youto surround your garden withberry-bearing shrubs, or plant acopse in some quiet corner. Allof these shrubs are distinctlyornamental the year round, andcan be used in place of ordinaryshrubs that have no attractionafter the flowers have faded. No. I. Japanese Barberry. The birds feed onthe berries in the spring. No. 2. Japanese Dogwood. Flowers as con-spicuous as our native dogwood. No. 3. Arrowwood. Sure to be on the birdsfall bill of fare. No. 4. Chinese Christmas Berry. As spark-ling as the eyes of the birds they attract. 50 plants (our assortment), IV2 feet high, $10; 100 plants $19 The above prices are jor Bird-Lore readers only FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS. Another Hicks Monograph for all who love the usual and a

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