. Bird-lore . number of photographs, showing themen actually at work for the relief of thebirds. The method of feeding the Quailsto locate the covies, scrape the snowaway, and put out food. The heavy snow and extreme cold pre-vailed over a large area of the northernUnited States, and more work was proba- bly done to feed the birds this winter thanever before under similar of the State Game Commissionshave funds for this purpose, and have beenvery active. Quails and Pheasants are known tohave sufifered much in Oregon and Wash-ington. A quaint little incident is reportedof pheasa
. Bird-lore . number of photographs, showing themen actually at work for the relief of thebirds. The method of feeding the Quailsto locate the covies, scrape the snowaway, and put out food. The heavy snow and extreme cold pre-vailed over a large area of the northernUnited States, and more work was proba- bly done to feed the birds this winter thanever before under similar of the State Game Commissionshave funds for this purpose, and have beenvery active. Quails and Pheasants are known tohave sufifered much in Oregon and Wash-ington. A quaint little incident is reportedof pheasants in Washington, sent us by acorrespondent in British Columbia. Herelates that the Pheasants during the timeof deep snow not only came familiarlyabout barnyards, but were fond of perch-ing on the backs of the hogs in order,apparently, to warm their chilled feet. There have been some losses in NewEngland, and even from New Jersey reportsreached the office of the toll of bird-lifethat the heavy snow had STUDENTS OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA STATE COLLEGE, AFTER LISTENING TO ANADDRESS BY PRESIDENT E. C. PERISHO, ON THE NEED OF FEEDING BIRDS INWINTER. NOTE THE DEPTH OF THE SNOW. 142 Bird - Lore FLORENCE MEKRIAM BAILEY When George Bird Clrinnell coined theterm Audubon Society, and started theAudubon Movement, in i8S6, one of thefirst to res])on(l to the call and to goactively into the work was Miss FlorenceMerriam, who, with Miss Fanny Hardy—now Mrs. Eckstorm, author of severalbird-books—in March, 1886, organizedthe Smith College Audubon Society. Soonafterward Miss Merriam assumed theduties of a local Audubon secretaryship,in northern New York, and also securedlocal secretaries in several neighboringtowns. In 1897, when the Audubon Society ofthe District of Columbia was organized,she was one of its chartered members. Formany years, as Mrs. Florence MerriamBailey, she has been an active member ofits executive committee, and, among otherduties, has had charge of the annualspring
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