Nebraska Ornithologists’ Union, Letters, 1903, July
Letters, 1903, July
- Letter, Joy Higgins to Lawrence Bruner, 1903, July 10
- Letter, William Dutcher to Lawrence Bruner, 1903, July 11
- Letter, J.B. Lippincott Company to Lawrence Bruner, 1903, July 15
Dr. S. R. Towne, President
Miss Joy Higgins, Secretary
The Omaha Audubon Society.
For the Protection of Birds.
544 South Thirtieth Street Omaha,
July 10" 1903
Prof. Lawrence Bruner,
Lincoln Nebr.
Dear Mr. Bruner,
I must beg your pardon for neglecting to receipt for the packet of Bulletin No 3. I am very very grateful to you for giving them to us. We are always short of money I am sorry to say. We are going to distribute the bulletins together with the leaflet on the Meadowlark. I am deeply grateful to you for speaking to the Game Warden & reporting the cases. I did not see Mr. Simkins
Miss Joy Higgins, Secretary
The Omaha Audubon Society.
For the Protection of Birds.
544 South Thirtieth Street
Omaha, 190
and have concluded he has not yet come to Omaha. I hope to be in Lincoln some time next month and should like very much to meet you. Nebraska ought to have a State Audubon Society which could work in connection with your Union. We are going to take up the subject at a meeting in the near future. I enclose postage for the packet, and again thank you. Very Sincerely, Joy Higgins
American Ornithologists' Union.
Founded 1883. Incorporated 1888.
William Dutcher, Chairman,
Protection Committee, North American Birds,
525 Manhattan Avenue, New York City.
Map showing (shaded) states having Audubon Societies. Map showing (shaded) States which have adopted the A.O.U. model law protecting the non-game birds.
Dec 8 Ans'd New York,
July 11th, 1903.
Prof. Lawrence Bruner,
Unviersity of Nebraska,
Lincoln, Neb.
My dear Professor:-
I was much interested in press clippings from "The News" and "Bee" of July 3rd, in re Game Commissioner Carter's effort to teach the children of Nebraska about the birds of the State.
In this connection do you not think he would be willing to use the educational leaflets publsihed by our Society? I send you under another cover some copies of Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4 all that have been published so far. Unfortunately, you know, our Society cannot distribute these leaflets gratuitously, but I can furnish them at the actual cost of production, viz: $3.000 per thousand.
Will you kindly take up this matter with the Commissioner, and let me know what he says?
Yours veryt truly,
Wm. Dutcher Chm
5, Henrietta Street, Covent Garden
J. B. Lippincott Company
Publishers
Washington Square
Philadelphia 7/15/03
Prof. L. Bruner,
Dear Sir:
We are enclosing a circular upon a recent publication which we believe will have special interest for you. The authors of BIRDS IN THEIR RELATION TO MAN are doubtless well known to you by reputation at least, and this volume which has been spoken of as the most comprehensive of its kind has already attracted wide interest.We are permitted to quote from several letters recently received.
Wm. Dutcher, Chairman, Protective Committee, American Ornithologists Union, New York: "The authors deserve the thanks of every one, especially all bird-lovers, for their painstaking research and happy method of presenting valuable scientific facts."
Lynda Jones, Editor, The Wilson Bulletin, Oberlin, O: "I find that it fills a distinct need in ornithological literature."
R. W. Shufeldt, Fellow of the American Ornithologists Union, New York: "Of marked value and will doubtless have a beneficial result in influencing the work of the large body of bird protectors."
Very truly yours,
J. B. Lippincott Company.
C. W.
We shall be glad to have your order for his book, blank for which you will find on back of circular.
Utica, Nebr.
July 22, 03
Prof Bruner,
State Uni.
Dear Sir:
We would like to know if there is any difference between the prairie chicken & the ruffed grouse. Do prairie chickens have feathers on their legs. Is prairie chicken a nick name for ruffed grouse. Hoping to hear soon.
Truly Yours
Mr Marion Nelson,
Utica, Neb.
My Dear Sir:-
Yours of July 23 at hand in which you ask concerning the difference between the prairie chicken and the ruff/ grouse. The two birds are quite distinct, the prairie chicken being the ordinary bird which is common on our prairies, and which has spike-like feathers on the sides of the neck, especially of the male birds. The ruff/ grouse, or partridge as it is sometimes called, is found only in the wooded port ons of our state, and even there is very rare. The male of this bird, instead of having long feathers at the sides of the neck, has a ruff of long feathers about the neck, and the tail is much longer than that of the prairie chicken, and when spread out forms quite a fan. It is the bird concerning which the Irishman asked "What is it that you see in the woods which begins going faster and faster until it stops entirely," or the trumpet pheasant.
Yours very truly,