The bulletin is embellished with:
portrait of Audubon, reproductions o
two of his celebrated paintings of
bird life, and a photograph of the
.iockingbird by Stanley. Clisby" Ar
thur, ornithologist and statistician
of the Conservation Commission, t
accompany Mrs. Arthur's beautifu
lines on the silver-throated warbler,
which are as-follows:
The Mockingbird,
If violets and roses could be fluted
Like lovehotes. from the warm and
-fragrant ground,
If 1QL. the stars of night could be
transmuted
Into a silver symphony of sound
If opal dusks and crimson dawns had
drifted
Together and could swell in ca
'dence, too,
I'd know whereof the mockingbir
was gifted
And how he wrought his
wouldn't you?
If all the soft you
and fore
-C=echo - 'nedley, and the
gold
Of sunlight on a flower could be
chorused
And chords contrived from grasses
of the wold..'..
I'd know-and wouldn't you?--the
charm pulsating
In ihose unrivaled biid-notes sweet
and strong,
Was just the lovely things of God's
creating
Expressed in sound and made a
mocker'a song.
Following is the program of ex
ercises suggested by the Conserva
tion Commission for the observance
of Bird Day:
Opening song, "Listen to he Mock.
ingbird."
Reading (by pupil or teacher), "Life
of John James Audubon."
Address (by teacher, principal, super
intendent, or prominent game pro.
tectionistb, "The Conservation of
Birds, ASrIis and Forests."
Recitation, "The Mockingbird'' or
other bird poem.
Reading, the life history of one of
the valuable insectivorous birds
of Louisiana, as the quail, night
hawk, swaoliw, meadowlark, etc.
Paper (by pupil or class), "The Eco
nomic Value of Birds of Louisi
ana."'
Recitation, 41 bird poem selected by
teacher.
