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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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elegislature a demand will be made for asatisfactory bird-law. In Michigan theAudubon Society is making great stridesand will undoubtedly be able to have themodel law adopted at the next session ofthe legislature. The demands for the educational leafletsof the Committee are greater every day,especially from state and county superin-tendents, teachers and libraries. It isgreativ to be regretted that the NationalCommittee is not in a financial position tomake a systematic and determined effort toplace our educational leaflets in every publicschool in the country. The demand for the Snowy Heron oraigrette leaflet still continues very large,and it was only a few days since that arequest was received from the Royal Botani-cal Society of London for a complete set ofthe educational publications of the NationalCommittee for display in the educationalpavilion of the Grand Horticultural Exhibi-tion to be held in June.—W. D. NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF AUDUBON SOCIETIES EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET NO. 9 ^m^
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THE RED-SHOULDERED HAWK Order—Raptores Suborder—Falcones Family—Falconidee Genus—But£o Species—Buteo lineatus The Red-Shouldered Hawk BY WILLIAM DUTCHER , Chairman National Committee of Audubon Societies DESCRIPTION Adults.—Upper parts dark fuscous-brown, each feather edged with rusty, except on lower back, which is withoutedging ; wing-coverts and upper tail-coverts barred and tipped with white; throat rusty white, streaked withblackish; rest of under parts bright rusty, varying greatly in shade, all feathers either spotted or barred with white,the bars being more pronounced on the belly; some specimens show considerable black on breast or belly, princi-pally as shaft-lines; wing with the four outer primaries (wing quills) notched, that is, abruptly narrowed near end,all barred with black and white; shoulder of wing deep rich rusty or chestnut, this being a conspicuous distin-guishing mark, giving one of the common names of the species, Red-shouldered Hawk; tail crossed

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