THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



A Cat that Sits Up and Takes Notice. 



Here is the photograph of a cat 



which Air. H. C. Stevens has sent 



to us. This interesting" cat takes care 



SHE SITS UP 



of the rats and the mice at the store of 

 the Eagle Confectionery Company, 

 Stamford. Connecticut, where she has 

 attracted much attention on account of 

 her peculiar and characteristic habit ot 

 demurely sitting upright. Sometimes 

 she will sit for a long time and gaze at 



AND TAKES NOTICE 



A Robin with A White Neckband. 



Stamford, Connecticut. 

 To the Editor : 



On the morning of April ioth, I ob- 

 served in the grounds of St. John's 

 Rectory, a robin with an unusual mark- 

 ing. Around his neck was a perfect 

 band of white feathers, about three 

 quarters of an inch wide at the back 

 of his head, and gradually narrowing 

 to the front. The only other peculiar 

 feature was that the top of his head 

 was slightly darker than usual. 



On the following day the same bird 

 was seen by several other people ; he 

 therefore could not have been an opti- 

 cal illusion ! 



Is not this a very unusual freak of 

 nature? 



Julia M. Addison. 



It is, indeed, remarkable and of 

 great interest as a study in albinism. 

 Entirely white robins have been fre- 

 quently seen, or robins with a few 

 white feathers, but I have never before 

 heard of one with such a neckband. — 

 E. F. B. 



Bird Studies in Popular Advertisement. 



It is encouraging to note that inter- 

 est in birds, as well as in other parts 

 of nature, has so greatly increased 

 with recent years, that enter- 

 prising business houses are using na- 

 ture studies in their advertising. We 

 are in receipt of a set of dainty little 

 cards each with an illustration of a 

 bird on one side and a description on 

 the other. These pretty little cards, 

 published by the Sen-Sen Chiclet Com- 

 pany, Twenty-fourth and Ralston 

 Streets, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, 

 cannot fail to do good work in promo- 

 ting a knowledge and a love of the 

 birds. We congratulate the Chiclet 

 Company upon this beautiful and orig- 

 inal method of advertising. 



the boxes on the shelves, as she is 

 shown in another photograph that Mr. 

 Stevens has kindly sent to us. 



Greatest Apple Eating on Record. 



How many apples were eaten by 

 Adam and Eve? We know that Eve 

 8i, and that Adam 812, total 893. But 

 Adam 8,142 please his wife, and Eve 

 81242 please Adam, total 89,384. Then 

 again Eve 8i424ofy herself, and Adam 

 also 8i2424ofy himself, total, 8,938,840. 



— Fun. 



