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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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n Museum oj Natural History, 77th St. and 8th Ave., New York City. Important Notice to All Bird-Lore Subscribers WhoseSubscriptions Expire with this Issue DIRD-LORE regrets that it cannot send its next issue to subscribers whose sub-■^^ scriptions expire with this number, until they have renewed their subscription.The size of the edition of each issue is determined by the number of actual subscrib-ers at the time of publication, and if you would have your set complete we wouldadvise an early renewal. Should you decide not to renew, will you not kindly notify us ? Notices of changes of addresses, renewals and subscriptions should be sent to BIRD-LORE,HARRISBURG, PA. Each notice of a change of address should give the old address as well asthe new, and should state whether the change is permanent or for only one or two issues. Makechecks and money orders payable to BIRD-LORE. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Harrisburg, Pa., under Act of Congress of August 24, I9ta_
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GREEN-WINGED TEALOrder—Anseres Family—Anatid/e Genus—^Nettion Species — Carolinense National Association of Audubon Societies I 2^irtr=1tore A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS Official Organ of The Audubon Societies Vol. XXIV May—June, 1922 No. 3 Bonaventure Island and Perce Rock By HARRISON F. LEWISChief Federal Migratory Bird Officer, Ontario and Quebec A COMPARATIVELY small proportion of the bird-lovers of NorthAmerica have been able to visit the great breeding-colonies of our sea-birds. Persons living near the coast or near the Great Lakes may beable to visit the nesting-places of some species, but most of our bird students,if they are situated where they see sea-birds at all, know them as birds ofpassage. The reading of vivid pen-pictures of Laysan Island or Great BirdRock naturally arouses a strong desire to see such wonderful bird nurseries foroneseK, but these breeding-places, Hke most of those chosen by sea-birds,are secluded, distant

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