ORXITHOLOGY 



355 



Bird Movies. 

 Mr. Herbert K. Job, of New Haven, 

 Connecticut, Ornithologist of the Na- 

 tional Association of Audobon Societies, 

 spoke February 24 at the McKniley 

 Manual Training School at Washing- 

 ton, D. C, under the auspices of the 

 Audubon Society of the District of Co- 

 lumbia, and showed four reels of mo- 

 tion pictures taken by himself portray- 

 ing wonderful scenes of wild bird life. 

 United States Senator George P. Mc- 

 Lean, of Connecticut and his Secretary, 

 W. H. Sault, were in the audience and 

 the Senator was enabled to see himself 

 as others see him. In other words, he 

 was in the pictures as a "Movie Star." 



One reel of the pictures was of wild 

 ducks and geese on the great wild life 

 reftige of Louisiana taken on a trip 

 early this winter in which Senator Mc- 

 Lean was a party. Their present abun- 

 dance is largely due to the McLean 

 Federal Law protecting migratory 

 birds, of Avhich Senator McLean was 

 the author and father. Mr. Job and 

 Mr. Pearson, Secretary of the National 

 Audubon Societies, invited him to go 

 on this trip to see for himself the re- 

 sults of his law. 



These preserves include some 335.- 

 000 acres extending over 75 miles of 

 coast line and wild ducks and geese by 

 scores of thousands spend the winter 

 in security here. The policy oF estab- 

 lishing these reservations was begun 

 by the National Audubon Society, and 

 the McLean Law comes in as a mighty 

 ally for the success of the whole move- 

 ment. These Audubon films are to be 

 shown all over the country by arrange- 

 ment with the various film companies 

 to promote the work of the Atidubon 

 Societies, and to interest the public in 

 Avild birds and game and their proper 

 conservation. 



suggestions as to its proper control. 



As a summary of the immense amount 

 of material gathered from wide sources 

 in the preparation of this report some 

 very significant facts are brought out re- 

 garding the bird-catching habits of cats, 

 and it would seem high time that some 

 legal preventive measures were taken in 

 this matter. 



This bulletin, which contains one hun- 

 dred and twelve pages and is well illus- 

 trated, should be in the hands of not only 

 every lover of birds I)ut every owner of 

 cats.— H. G. H. • 



The Domestic Cat. 



ECONOMIC BIOLOGY BULLETIN NO- 2. 



An exhaustive report with the above 

 title has just been issued by the Massa- 

 chusetts State Board of Agriculture, 

 under the direction of Edward Howe 

 Forbush. State Ornithologist- It con- 

 tains a history of the cat from its earliest 

 known records ; its usefulness to man 

 and place in the home ; its economic value 

 in suppressing noxious rodents and its 

 importance as a destroyer of useful birds 

 in this and other countries, with some 



A Snowbird Enjoyed a Visit within a 

 Home. 



Flemington. New Jersey. 

 To the Editor : 



Monday night, a bird which I do not 

 identify, but which we call, together 

 with several others, snowbirds (j uncos) 

 wanted to get in the house. He tried 

 for an hour or more and finally I let 

 him in. He seemed to be perfectly at 

 home in the house and next morning 

 I let him out. Is not this unusual ? 

 Yours truly, 



Hiram E. Beats. 



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I have never personally known of 

 such an instance. Perhaps some of our 

 readers have had a similar experience. 

 Birds seek all sorts of places for shelter 

 in severe weather and under certain 

 conditions, but not knowing either in 

 this instance, w'e can give no light on 

 the subject. — H. G. H. 



One should sleep alone. Then the 

 body is equally warmed and equally 

 exposed on all sides. To sleep next to 

 another person, the body is unduly 

 w^armed on one side, while it is exposed 

 on the other side, which slightly de- 

 ranges the action of the entire nervous 

 system. — "The Columbus Medical 

 Journal," Columbus, Ohio. 



We are apt to think of the crinoids, 

 or sea lilies, only as fossil creatures. A 

 recent monograph of the United States 

 National Museum, however, shows that 

 they are by no means imcommon on the 

 floor of modern oceans. In fact, the 

 world over, they are about as abundant, 

 both in species and individuals, as are 

 their near relatives the starfish and the 

 sea urchins. 



