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about which it was so anxious. As 1 

 did so the bird once more took up its 

 position directly above mc and re- 

 mained there till I had passed to what 

 seemed to it a safe distance. Four 

 times I tried this, and then having sat- 

 isfied my curiosity and not wishing to 

 torture the troubled creature any 

 longer 1 left it in peace. 



What it guarded so jealously the 

 poison ivy prevented me from discov- 

 ering, though I suspect it was it-; nest. 

 Sincerely yours, 

 Knwi 11 \V. 1 Tr.Mi'iiKKYS. 



Two Fishhawks' Nests. 



r.Y FRANK P. JKWKTT, ORANGE, X. J. 



Two fishhawks' nests in the tops of 

 the two dead pine trees on the main- 

 land near Anglesea Junction, south- 



he found in the dense woodlands be- 

 tween the Delaware river and the 

 ocean. ( me nest shown in the photo- 

 graph is at least three feet in diameter 

 and of proportionate height. 



Destroying Cats in New York. 



A New York correspondent recently 

 called attention to the undesirability of 

 permitting cats to wander at large in 

 Central Park, particularly during the 

 summer months, when their destruc- 

 tiveness to bird life is well known to be 

 extensive. A letter addressed to Mr. 

 Charles B. Stover, Commissioner of 

 Parks for the Boroughs of Manhattan 

 and Richmond, brought out the inter- 

 esting fact that a man is employed to 

 guard Central Park from the depreda- 

 tions of creatures calculated to be 

 destructive of birds. He further states 

 that from January I to June 1 of the 

 present year, this guardian of the birds 

 destroyed 161 cats found in the park. 



While it is a well-known fact that 

 that excellent institution, the Ameri- 

 can Society for the Prevention of Cru- 

 elty to Animals, annually kills many 

 cats, it may be interesting to some to 

 learn that according to a letter recently 

 received from Mr. W. K. Horton, Gen- 

 eral Manager, the organization killed 

 in New York city 100,904 cats between 

 January x and June 1 of the present 

 year. If all the towns and cities in the 

 United States had as good a record for 

 destroying homeless or discarded cats, 

 there would be more song birds to 

 brighten the earth. — T. G. P. in "Bird 

 Lore." 



Wanted — A similar cat killing or- 

 ganization in Sound Beach. It would 

 have the gratitude not only of ornithol- 

 ogists, but of poultrymen. 



THE TWO NESTS OF FISHHAWKS. 



ernmost part of Xew Jersey, where 

 many hundreds of such objects are to 



Easily Raised $7,000. 

 During President William Dutcher's 

 vacation in Europe, his friends raised 

 $7,000 for the Mar}- Dutcher Memorial 

 Fund, and additions to it are still being 

 made. The plan met with universal 

 favor. It is interesting and encourag- 

 ing to note how much money is given 

 in behalf of birds. 



