Reports of State Societies and Bird Clubs 381 



Greystone Park (N. J.) Bird Club. — Interest in the Bird Club has con- 

 tinued consistent throughout the year, the chief item of news being that nearly 

 100 new bird-houses, some of them of very ingenious and attractive design, have 

 been placed about the grounds of the institution. Most of them have been 

 occupied. One has been taken over by a chipmunk, and one of the largest 

 houses has been used for residential purposes by an Owl. It is observed that 

 there has been a marked decrease in the number of gray squirrels during the 

 last three years, but this year shows an increase in their number and tameness. 

 The same is true of the English Pheasants which have been introduced by the 

 State Fish and Game Commission, and which were formerly very plentiful. 

 Feeding has been pretty regularly practised on the lawn of the Industrial 

 Building, in winter as well as in summer, though there is no notable increase 

 in the number of wild birds, except in the case of Starlings and the Robins, 

 of which the latter were so numerous on the golf-course in the early summer 

 that one was killed by a golf ball. Sick and wounded birds have been 

 nursed and cared for by a female patient in the Industrial Building. — Alfred 

 E. Thistleton. 



Hamilton (Ont.) Bird-Protective Society. — During the past year the So- 

 ciety held seven very successful meetings which were attended by members and 

 friends, including a number of our enthusiastic Junior Members. Lectures 

 were given by ornithologists from the United States and Canada. The Society 

 is affiliated with the National Association of Audubon Societies, New York 

 City, and the Ottawa Field Naturalist Club, Ottawa, Canada. We have ten 

 honorary game wardens, who have done valuable work during the year for 

 bird-protection. The membership increased over 70 per cent. Jack Miner 

 was made an honorary member on account of the distinguished services he 

 is rendering the cause of bird-protection. 



Several field-days were held in the spring, when nature-lovers rambled 

 along the mountainside, eager to report the earliest migrants. The Society 

 was again able to compile for the Biological Survey a list of 120 species seen. 

 The work with our Junior members we consider the most important of all. 

 Clubs were formed, as in the previous year, under the National Association's 

 plan of work. In the early spring a bird-box competition was held, when many 

 handsome and practical houses were made by Junior members and displayed 

 at one of our regular meetings and also in the Juvenile room of the Public 

 Library. Prizes of bird-books and sets of tools were awarded. 



Harrison F. Lewis, Chief Federal Officer for Ontario and Quebec for the 

 protection of birds, visited the city schools and gave the boys and girls valuable 

 information concerning birds. A splendid program has been arranged for the 

 winter months when we hope to further stimulate and maintain an interest 

 that will be lasting for bird-protection. There is much to be done. — (Miss) 

 Ruby R. Mills, Secretary. 



