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garding the number of birds and the need for their 

 protection and increase. Details of how this census 

 is to be made may be obtained by writing to the 

 Bureau of Biological Survey, Washington, D.C. 



Winter birds. During the winter, birds may be 

 attracted around the home by means of food 

 placed on trees and shelves and even on the window- 

 sill, and thus an opportunity offered to study birds 

 through the window even in the coldest weather. 

 Different kinds of food may be tried to see which 

 each bird likes best and which foods birds will eat. 

 The habits of the birds in approaching the food and 

 in eating it are interesting to watch. 



Christmas census. It has been the custom of 

 " Bird-Lore " to invite its readers to make a bird 

 census on Christmas Day and to send the list of 

 birds seen to "Bird-Lore." These lists are published 

 in the next issue of the magazine. Below is a sam- 

 ple record taken from the January-February issue, 

 1915: — 



Eagle Bend, Minn. — Dec. 24; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

 Clear; about 3 in. of snow; no wind; temp.— 5°. Bob- 

 white, 12; Ruffed Grouse, 4; Pileated Woodpecker, 2; 

 Hairy Woodpecker, 4; Downy Woodpecker, 3; Evening 

 Grosbeak, 10; White-breasted Nuthatch, 2; Black-capped 

 Chickadee, 11. Total, 8 species, 48 individuals. 



In the census for 1914 the greatest number of 

 birds was reported from Santa Barbara, California; 

 108 species, 7269 individuals; the smallest number 



