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Title: Bird-lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Conservation Periodicals
Publisher: New York, National Association of Audubon Societies
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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one to handle conservationof wild life, and the other to handle thecommercial fishing interests. He declared,furthermore, if the Legislature did not dothis he would dismiss all the old Fish andGame Commissioners and appoint a newBoard. In any event, there is little doubtthat Mr. Finley will shortly be offeredhis old position, and the indications arethat on the platter holding the commissionof office there will be a nice bouquet inthe form of a substantial increase in salary. Bird Lectures Available Herbert K. Job, in charge of our De-partment of Applied Ornithology, isaccepting appointments for public lectures,using a wealth of splendid motion picturesand colored slides, either or both, of variousclasses of wild birds from life. We urgeour friends to secure a lecture this season.Not only are they delightful, but the pro-ceeds go toward maintaining the abovedepartment of our work. Write to him fora circular; address 291 Main St., WestHaven, Conn., or our New York office. 74 Bird - Lore
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CHARLES HENRY DAVIS By the death of Charles Henry Davis,on October 5, 1 giS, there passed away oneof the sterling citizens of Michigan who didmuch for the upbuilding of the northernportions of the Middle West. The first twenty-one years of Mr.I );i\ is life were spent fit her in school or onhis fathers farm mar Portsmouth, N. H.In 1869, however, he went to Michigan,and in lime became one of the leadingfigures in the lumber and mining interestsof that state. Mr. Davis was a sportsman in its broadest sense, and his periods of recrea-tion were largely passed in hunting andfishing trips. He was extraordinarily fondof the wilderness, and the actual killing ofgame was always a secondary considera-tion to the joys he experienced while camp-ing and tramping in the open. Mr. Daviswas interested in the conservation of wildlife and left a bequest to the NationalAssociation of Audubon Societies. Afterpaying the necessary taxes to the state ofMichigan, the check which the Associationhas recently r

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