THE STUDY OF BIRDS.

Evening Star, Issue 23496, 9 February 1940, Page 11

THE STUDY OF BIRDS.

TO THE EDITOR. Sir,— May I draw the attontimi of those of your readers who are interested in birds to a society which has recently been formed under the name of the Ornithological Society of New Zealand? Tho object of this society is to organise and encourage the study of birds in this country. It is concerned with living birds in their natural surroundings and has nothing to do with the collecting of birds or of their eggs. No special qualifications are required for membership except ability to recognise the commoner birds and sufficient interest to make accurate notes about them. Accurate information is required about every kind of bird no matter how common, aud tho society proposes to collect together every year notes from all parts of the Dominion so that as they accumulate and time goes on they will become increasingly valuable. «is also proposed to select various problems for concerted attack by a team of workers. Everyone who is interested in birds can do valuable work, am school groups are in a specially god position for so doing. Ihe annual subscription is ss, and I shall be_ phase to wive further information about the society and its objects to anyone interested.-! am, etc.,, y Hon. Sec., 0.5.N.Z., The Museum, Dunedin. February 9.