BIRD NEWS 



BIRD NEWS 



FREDERICK W, D'EVELYN, Editor 

 Send all Manuscript to this Department 



United States 



Department of Agriculture 



Library. 



Washington, D. C, March 26, 1909. 



Secretary, Avicultural Society of 



California, 717 Market street, San 



Francisco. Cal. 



Dear Sir: We are in receipt of a 

 sample copy of Bird News, published 

 by your society. This paper is of in- 

 terest in connection with the work of 

 the department and we are writing 

 to inquire whether it will be possible 

 for you to place this library on your 

 exchange list. If you can make this 

 arrangement the favor will be great- 

 ly appreciated. In case your paper 

 can only be obtained by purchase 

 please place us on your subscription 

 list and present your bill for Vol. 1 

 on the enclosed voucher, which 

 should be signed in the space indi- 

 cated. Respectfully, 



C. R. BARNETT. 

 Librarian. 



The reception accorded to Bird 

 News has been most startling — and 

 can best be demonstrated by the re- 

 print of a few of the letters received. 

 Bird News can now be obtained from 

 all news agents. We solicit the es- 

 teemed support of all bird fanciers. 



Henry Oldys of the Biological Sur- 

 vey of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Washington, D. C, writes: 

 "Permit me to wish long life and 

 prosperity to Bird News, the only 

 periodical devoted to cage birds pub- 

 lished in English in America." 



Avicultural Society, London, Eng- 

 land, writes: "I am very glad to hear 

 that our Californian name sake has 

 been duly started. I am sure we 

 wish it every success and a long 

 life, * * * 



Charles B. Elder, Berkeley, Cal.i 

 "l have just finished reading with a 

 great deal of interest Bird News. 1 

 found it very instructive and believe 

 that it is such a paper that has long 

 been needed by all who love our 

 feathered pets. Include me amongst 

 your subscribers." 



CHIRPS 



Much manuscript is crowded out 

 for want of space. 



Bird Day is now a fact. Governoi' 

 Gillett signed the bill. 



A subscriber sends us a victim, 

 "hanged by a piece of thread, left 

 amongst the nesting material V. S. 

 S." • 



Old maid hens are dangerous in 

 flight cages or small aviaries — prone 

 to become jealous and spiteful — and 

 destroy eggs or youhg. 



Many of the aviaries recently vis- 

 ited are overcrowded; birds, like 

 humans, don't do well in tenement 

 houses. Read what we said of 

 "space" in our last issue. 



SWEATlNG^Look closely after 

 your nesting canaries — too close 

 mothers are prone to sweat the nest- 

 lings. A few bits of match, wood 

 across the nest and just close enough 

 not to touch the young birds answers 

 well. Change the sticks as the 

 birds grow. When ten days old no 

 further precautions required. 



