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Title: Bird lore
Identifier: birdlore191917nati (find matches)
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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Reports of Field Agents 427 year 'Circular No. 5' has been published, summarizing the work of this Depart- ment, which proves useful in answering inquiries, thus saving much writing. Thus far the Department of Applied Ornithology has been maintained by a small number of generous friends of wild birds. As many people have availed themselves of its services, it has seemed both fair and timely to try to have the work supported by a much larger constituency, including donors of small amounts. To arrange this a plan is being carried out which it is hoped will put the Department on a permanent self-sustaining basis and make possible further enlargement of the work.
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YOUNG CALIFORNIA QUAIL, BROODED BY A HEN AT THE AUDUBON SANCTUARY AMSTON, CONNECTICUT. Photograph by Herbert K. Job. REPORT OF MARY S. SAGE, ORGANIZER IN SCHOOLS There seems to be a greater demand than ever before for the Junior work in the public schools, judging from the calls for my services during the past year. After the annual meeting I returned to Albany, where I had promised to make some addresses, and would have been kept there to make a second tour through the city schools had I not felt I must go on to Syracuse. I worked in Syracuse and vicinity until the Easter hoHdays, making one trip to the northern part of the state. Since the last annual meeting, talks and lectures have been given in the following places: House of Refuge (Randall's Island), Menands, Hudson Falls,

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