Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-06
BY FLORA PERRY
Librarian II. Leslie Perry Library


president of the North Carolina Bird
CLUB, we have recently made a list
oil the books in our library on the
subject of birds 1t was our inter-
ton to include the photography in
this article but as the list grew and
grew and finally reached forty-tWo
entries we realized it was rather long
to include here. However. 4 copy of
the list is available at the library and
another has been presented to the
secretary of the Henderson Bird Club
for her permanent file. The list is
arranged alphabetically by author.
and the classification numbers are
recorded at the side so that the books
may be easily located on the library
shelves.
Besides these bird books, most of
which can be borrowed from the Ii
brary, the student will find a rich
harvest Of bird lore by browsing
through the articles in the general
encyclopedias both in the adult sec
ton and in the chldren'S depart
ment. And he will certainly be we'll
ANHN'INt l'l lIilpL lllSllloIl iii pliSIl lIlt
READERS Guide to Periodical Liter
AZURE which is available in most Ii
brarieS. This index lists articles that
have appeared in the better-knoWn
magazines. Particularly helpful in
this instance are "Birdlore," Mature
Magazine" Country Life" and ma
tiOnal Geographic Magazine. In our
own library we find tie bound file Of
''The National Geographic which in
cludes all numbers from 1910 to the
present a treasure house Of inter-
eSting material.
However much the bird-lover may
enjoy looking at the beautifully-cOl-
ored plates of rare and gorgeous birds
that inhabit Il region he will probably
never visit he is usually more inter-
ested in the birds he is likely to sec
from his own windows or or his daily
walks. So we consider ourselves
fortunate to have in our library two
books devoted to the birds of our
own region. The University of North
Carolina Press published Charlotte
Hilton Green's Birds of the South:
Permanent and Winter Birds Com
monty Found in Gardens, Fields and
Woods" in 1888. Mrs. Green's fea-
tme articles 'Out of Doors in Caro-
lima" appear each week in the Ra-
leigh News and Observer. She lives
IN Raleigh and uses her country home
'Woodhaven" and its environs as a
laboratory for her nature findings
Her first hama knowledge and per-
sonal observation give life and fresh
ness to a book which consists mainly
of a series of pleasantly-Written
sketches of the more important spe-
cies of birds commonly found in this
South in winter. Her style is direct
and engagingly familiar, and her de.
scriptions are clear and accurate
Thirty-tWo color plates of the Audit
bon Society Series and as many eX-
cellent black and white drawings by
Paul w. Porterhead will help the
reader to identify birds observed on
field trips, while a good index en-
hances the value of the volume as g
book of reference. Mrs. Green found
that OF all foods, dOughnutS were the
most popular with her bird visitors.
She contends that birds are not made
lazy by artificial feeding and that
after a meal of suet, grains and nut
meats. or doughnuts, the weed war
rors will enjoy a dessert of weed
seeds. and the insectivorous birds
will fly to the branch or trunk Of q
rec and diligently and joyously go
insect hunting"
Gardeners will be interested in the
painting that Mrs. Green recommends
for bird hospitality. "Protection
against winter cold and storms is
also needed and evergreens, such as
zines. spruce, cedar, and the close
1road-leaved shrubs furnish shelter
for roosting places. Berry-bearing
trees as shrubs, like the mountain
ash. mulberry. sumac, dOgWood, hol-
w. barberry, snOWberry, elderberry
Silverberry, and the priVetS provide
cod for the birds, as we'll as attrac-
tive paintings about the grounds. No
,ree could add more to appearance
of a home than our native dOgWood
which. with its white bloom in the
spring, its green foliage in summer.
its flaring red leaves and scarlet ber-
ries in autumn. and the delicate
tracery of it's bare branches in WIN
Ter. is beautiful at all seasons.
When our library was founded in
1924. one of the most valuable Gifts it
received was copy Of The Birds of
North Carolina" from the North Car
Dina Library Commission. 1t had
been published five years before as
volume four of the North Caroline
Geoloqical and Economic Survey and
had been prepared by T. Gilbert
Pearson. secretary Of the National
Association of Audubon Societies:
II. II. Brimley. curator Of the State
Museum. and c. S. Brimley. natural
list. Certainly, these gentlemen have
reason to be proud of their work gor
if is not only scientifically accurate
but a fascinating book. from the hui
man interest standpoint.
The volume takes ND first a brief
historical sketch of North Carolina
ornithologv, and an account of the
work of the State Audubon Society.
prepared by T. Gilbert Pearson, who
was the founder of the society. Fol
lowing this is p sketch by c. S. Brim-
lev on 'Iifn Zones and Bird DiStri-
hution". which gives a description Of
the four life zones represented in
North Carolina. The descriptive LIST
# birds Of North Carolina contains
rncnrds of the occurrence Of BAL Spe-