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Twenty-five Bird Songs for Children
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Words and Music by W , B. OLDS
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With an Introduction by Hemry Oldys
Illustrations in Color. Price, $1.25 net
Ol-D'S beautiful Book oj Bird Songs is the lirst serious art presentation of its
subject. Yet it is one whose finest art lies in its faithful transcript of the natural
melodies of our native song birds, for human singers, with texts that could
have been conceived only on the basis of an intimate knowledge of bird-life and habits.
The simple and lovely notes of some twenty-hve of America's most euphonious
forest melodists—among them the Wood Pewee, Meadowlark, Black-throated Green
Warbler, Whip-poor-Will, Song Sparrow, Robin, Wood Thrush and Bobolink—are
simply and naturally presented, just as the birds themselves might utter them. The
individual bird's little melodic theme appears on a separate stave at the head of each song.
The Harmonizations are developed out of the bird song itself, and supply a background
rather than a commentary. The concluding number of the collection, A Woodland
Medley weaves into a connected sequence the individual songs of a number of birds not
represented in the single melodies, and does so with much natural grace and charm.
Mr. Old's book (the wonderful color illustrations are after originals supplied by the
Audubon Society) will appeal not only to every singer—there is a wealth of absolutely
new and fascinating song material contained within its covers—but to every lover of
birds. And Mr. Olds, a musician of standing, who has made American bird song the
object of long and exhaustive special study, and attracted attention by his lecturerecitals
on "Bird Song" in Chicago and elsewhere, was not only preeminently htted
to do justice to his subject, but has really done so.
Descriptive circular with thematic illustrations will be sent on request
3 East 43d St. G. SCHIRMER New York
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THERE
is no gift that will give more happiness than a DODSON BIRD-
HOUSE OR FEEDING-DEVICE. If put out now it will save the
lives of many of our songbirds.
DODSON SPARROW TRAP, Automatic drop and double funnel trap,
combined. Price $6, f.o.b. Kankakee, Illinois.
"NATURE NEIGHBORS." Best set of books
colored plates.
about birds. Beautiful
FREE—Illustrated book telling how to win birds to your gardens, and a descriptive folder of
"N.\TURE NEIGHBORS," illustrated with birds in natural colors. Also a picture worth framing.
JOSEPH H. DODSON, 712 S. Harrison Avenue, Kankakee, Illinois
Mr. Dodson is a director of the American Audubon Association
PROTECT THE BIRDS!
Keep the sdunstcrs iil>oiit vour grounds by giving
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Tilley's Wild Bird Feed
Sptcial circular ,Tnd price Hit sent ott apptitali.'ii
G. D. TILLEY. Inc.
Naturalist Box L Darien. Conn.
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Encourage them to live in your
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lor Wrens. Chickadees, Blueliirdsand
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ade— well painted, to resist weather.
ices from 15c up Desitn illustrated
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endnrsed by U. S. Government. $3
F. O. B. Dubuque. IVriie for free
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Audubon Calendar for 1917
9.\ 12 inches; 15 sheets held together by a cord;
separate sheet for each month. Fourteen large
photographs of birds; migration records.
Price 60 Cents
MRS. G. M. TURNER
42 Laurel Street Buffalo, New York
Bird Houses and Bird Books
We make bird houses and bird - feed
boxes. Moderate prices. We deal in new
and second-hand bird books and will
take orders for anj- book wanted.
Write for circular
BOSTON BIRD HOUSE AND BIRD BOOK COMPANY
Room 30, 162 Boyliton Street, Boston, Mau.