ORNITHOLOGY 



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more careful about his toilet and kept 

 his feathers according to conventional 

 owl etiquette. The third week he be- 

 gan to assume something of an owl 

 pose, and to spread out the toes of the 

 leg. 



The forty-fourth day the splints 

 were removed from his wing and the 

 cast broken from his leg. There was 

 a raw sore on the upper part of the 

 leg, but the bone hail united nicely. 

 As the wing had not been set accur- 

 ately there was a large knot and the 

 bone was crooked, but the operation 

 was considered a success. Two days 

 later, being loose in the laboratory, he 

 raised his body with his wings. After 

 this he became more restless and he 

 did not eat so well. At dusk the even- 

 ing of the fifty-second day the cage 

 was thrown open but as he did not 

 seem to notice it and every body was 

 waiting to bid him goodbye one of 

 his good friends took him out of the 

 •cage and placed him on a step of the 

 fire escape. He deliberately swung 

 his head from one side to the other 

 then spread his wings — and flew. He 

 perched in the first tree, a large live 

 oak, and^there remained until darkness 

 •drove the watchers away. The next 

 morning he was gone. But the morn- 

 ing after that he was perching in his 

 old place in the cage which had been 

 left open. He was not hungry. The 

 •cage was left open and the next morn- 

 ing "Old Bar" was gone. Though his 

 cage was not disturbed for several 

 weeks he did not return. 



A Bird's Intelligent Act. 



Stamford, Connecticut. 

 To the Editor : 



We had a bird table at our home on 

 which we put pieces of bread that had 

 become dry. A blackbird took a piece 

 of this dry bread, dropped it in a pud- 

 dle of water in the street, soaked it 

 there until it was soft enough to eat, 

 and then he ate it. 



A. C. Arnold. 



A Skilled Photographer of Birds. 



Mr. Howard S. Adams, of Canton 

 Corner, Massachusetts, who took the 

 photograph of screech owls reproduced 

 herewith, has found much pleasure in 

 photographing birds and animals and 

 will show us some of his work occa- 

 sii mallv. 



Chief Expense in Missionary Work. 



The largest expense is incurred in 

 educating and informing our people 

 about the work for which they are 

 responsible and in leading them to 

 support it adequately. - "Bulletin" 

 Easter-tide, 1914, Episcopal Church. 



"WE ARE TWO OF A KIND." 



An Interesting Habitat Group. 



Stamford, Connecticut. 

 To the Editor : 



In the development of a small mu- 

 seum, it is naturally difficult to carry 

 out ideas which from an educational 

 standpoint would be of real benefit to 

 visitors. 



Perhaps the most difficult is the con- 

 struction of large habitat groups to de- 

 pict birds of various types and climes 

 in their natural environment. 



The cost of such work is high, and 

 when it is necessary in addition for one 

 individual to construct the group, 

 mount the birds and paint the back- 

 ground, naturally a great amount of 

 time is required. 



The group shown in the illustration 

 is the result of some five months' labor, 

 during which time it was necessary to 

 stop the work and devise the best 

 method in which to construct each 

 part, as this is only my second attempt 

 to perform such a task. 



The group, as shown originally, rep- 



