Identifier: birdlore181916nati (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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the wilds, or somany nights under canvas, as has Mrs.Florence Merriam Bailey. Her work,partly conducted in company with herbrother, Dr. Merriam, and her husband,Mr. Vernon Bailey, has been carried onnot only in eastern and southern statesand in the Bermudas, but also in Arizona,Oregon, California, North Dakota, Texas,Utah, and New Mexico. As a teacher of others, she has givenbird-talks and conducted field-classes inbird-study in various parts of the country,and for thirty years her name has beenbefore the public as a writer of popularand scientific articles. The titles of noless than seventy communications pub-lished in The Auk, Bird-Lore, The Condor,Forest and Stream, The Outlook, PopularScience, The American Agriculturist, andelsewhere, have come to my attention.Her first book, Birds Through An OperaGlass, was published in 1889. This wasfollowed by My Summer in a MormonVillage, 1895; A-Birding on a Bronco,1896; and Birds of Village and Field,1898. Her largest and most valuable con-
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FLORENCE MERRIAM BAILEY (143) 144 Bird - Lore tribution to the literature of ornithology isher Handbook of Birds of the WesternUnited States, first published in 1902.From the day of its appearance, this washailed as the most practical and usefulbook on our western birds that had ever been published, and for many years tocome it will be regarded as the standardwork on the subject. No serious studentof bird-life in the western United Stateswould think of being without this valuablebook on his study-table. NEW MEMBERS AND CONTRIBUTORS Enrolled from January Life Members. Agnew, Miss Alice G.Andrews, J. SherlockArnold, Edward W. C.Barr, James H.Black, R. CliffordBlake, Mrs. FrancisBrackenridge, George W.Burnham, WilliamButler, Mrs. PaulButterworth, Mrs. WilliamCampbell, John B.Childs, EversleyClark, George H.Clementson, Mrs. SidneyColgate, Richard M.Covell, Dr. H. H.Dahlstrom, Mrs. C. A.Dodge, Cleveland H.Doepke, Mrs. William F.Eddison, CharlesGlazier, Henry S.Hamlin, Mrs. Eva S.Hanna, Mrs

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