COMPLETE: Birds, Vol. II, No 2, August 1897 -jo

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Birds, Vol. II, No 2, August 1897 .

This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page here:

https://librivox.org/birds-vol-ii-no-2-august-1897-by-various/

Birds, Illustrated by Color Photography was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, anecdotes and factual descriptions of birds with accompanying color plates. The magazine was published from 1897-1907 under the various titles, "Birds," "Birds and all Nature," "Nature and Art" and "Birds and Nature." Later issues were expanded to include animals, plants, etc. Summary by J. M. Smallheer
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    Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Nature
    Keywords that describe the book: nature, birds
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    If you read the last section, say (in addition):
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Post by Availle »

Morning jo!
I'll continue with the bird song if you don't mind - even if I'm not much into poetry... :D
Cheers, Ava.
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

Sounds good to me. :)
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Post by BettyB »

May I claim 12 and 18..
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Post by alanmapstone »

Section 17 please 😺
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Post by jennlea »

May I claim Section 10?
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Post by silverquill »

DPL checking in, and volunteering for Section 9.
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Post by pschempf »

Jo -

May I have sections 2 and 3?
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

Sections assigned:

Betty - 12 & 18
Alan - 17
Jenn - 10
Larry - 9
Phil - 2 & 3

Thanks everyone for your claims.
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Post by julianpratley »

Hi Jo, could I please claim sections 15/16?
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

15 & 16 are all yours, Julian.
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Post by Lmnei »

Hi Jo!

Can I read 4 to 8 please?

Many thanks!

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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

I've signed you up for those sections Lynda.
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Post by emminz »

Hey! May I read 13 and 14?
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

You may! MW updated.
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