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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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e now offered by the Victorcompany. This form of canned music never failed to attract attention,and deceived many into believing that some of the bird-houses wereinhabited. One-half the space alloted was thus occupied with the displays of books,pictures, and similar educational features. The remaining half was convertedinto a miniature woodland scene, made attractive by the bringing in of aquantity of small trees and bushes, with their autumn coloring, and by the useof a painted back curtain to give perspective. Here mounted specimens ofbirds were arranged in natural positions on small trees. All were labeled withtheir common names, the scientific names being omitted, as this was an exhibitfor those who know the Bluebird as a Bluebird and not as Sialia mexicanaoccidentalis, or Sialia sialis. This woodland-scene was the chief attractionof the whole exhibit, and was always the center of a crowd of interested spec-tators, some simply curious, others eagerly picking out familiar birds and
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A Successful Bird Exhibit 239 carrying away with them the names of varieties that had formerly been knownto them only by sight. In connection with the exhibit, a series of competitions was opened forboth children and adults in bird-houses, compositions on birds, photographs,and drawings or posters, and prizes ofiFered consisting of bird-books and cashpremiums. The fair was open during one week. Members of local bird-clubs tookturns in being in attendance at the exhibit, for the purpose of answering ques-tions and looking after the displays, and the government ornithologist thoughtso highly of the undertaking that he gave his entire time to it, thus not onlyrendering invaluable assistance toward the success of the exhibit itself, butalso getting in touch with those interested in bird matters, and acquaintingthe public with the purpose of his office. The amount of interest shown in theexhibit on the part of the fair patrons was gratifying. Naturally, there weremany who looked in simply

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