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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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iousparts of the state, with several minor talks. Two of the members of the Society have established bird sanctuaries ontheir estates. The Society devoted an even greater amount of time and attention thanheretofore to Junior Audubon Class work in the schools, in cooperation withthat field of activity of the National Association. A total of 579 Junior Au-dubon Classes, with a membership of 14,382, were organized in New Jersey. The seventh annual meeting was held at the Free Public Library, Tuesday,Oct. 2; business session at 4 p. m., followed immediately by the meeting of Reports of State Societies and Bird Clubs 457 the Board of Trustees; public session at 8 p. u. Col. A. R. Kuser gave up thepresidency on account of ill health. Officers elected were: President, ClarenceB. Riker; Vice-President, W. DeW. Miller; Secretary-Treasurer, BeecherS. Bowdish; Board of Trustees—Clarence B. Riker, W. DeW. Miller, Beecher S.Bowdish, Anthony R. Kuser, George Batten, Henry van Dyke, Frank M. Chap-
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B. S. BOWDISH,Secretary of the New Jersey Audubon Society. He is one of the Audubon Societies most active fneld men. man, Edwin S. Lines, John K. Gore, Alexander H. Phillips, Philip B. Philipp,John T. Nichols, Mrs. Walter D. Ferres, John Dryden Kuser, Ira Barrows,Samuel N. Rhoads, Miss Mary Pierson Allen. At the evening session, Mr. Henry Oldys, as accredited representative of theHoover Food Administration, gave a free illustrated lecture on Birds and FoodShortage to a good and appreciative audience.—Beecher S. Bowdish,Secretary. 458 Bird- Lore Audubon Society of North Carolina.—The past year has been full ofactivity for the Audubon Society of North Carolina. Although we have statejurisdiction in the matter of enforcing the game laws in only about one-thirdof the state, we find a large field in which to carry on our work. Our wardenshave done good work; they secured the conviction of i6i violators of the gamelaws during the past year. We believe our game laws are being better obse

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