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BIRD NEWS 



Strb Npuia 



FREDERICK W. D' EVELYN, Editor 

 Send all Manuscript to this Department 



With this issue we add some ex- 

 tra pages. This we are encouraged 

 to do by the general expression of 

 appreciation with which BIRD 

 NEWS has been received. B. N. does 

 not lay claim to be a bulletin of 

 scientific ornithology, but a maga- 

 zine of facts for the "bird fancier." 

 B. N. is the pioneer magazine in that 

 field for America — and is perfectly 

 prepared to patiently and earnestly 

 blaze the trail, through the virgin 

 brush, until broader and clearer 

 lands are reached. 



Nothing too great for us to under- 

 take, and nothing too small for our 

 consideration if we ttre only assured 

 of the esteemed co-operation of all 

 bird fanciers. 



NOTE — The annual dues to the 



Avicultural Society are one dollar 



and a half. This includes BIRD 

 NEWS. Let us enrol YOU. 



"The Auk" for April, 1909, says: 

 "The Avicultural Society of Califor- 

 nia has begun the publication of a 

 bimonthly official magazine, called 

 'Bird News,' devoted to the interests 

 of the bird fancier. Volume 1, No. 1, 

 for January, February, 1909, con- 

 .sists of eight ocavto pages of well 

 printed and well edited matter per- 

 tinent to the interests it represents." 



The Auk is the leading ornitholo- 

 gical magazine of the world. B. N. 

 and California appreciates the com- 

 pliment. 



Wm. H. Crocker, Crocker National 

 Bank, writes: "I can not invent an 

 excuse why I should not help such a 

 worthy object; and I therefore en- 

 close my check for ^20 which I trust 

 will help you a little." 



The Avicultural Magazine, Lon- 

 don, says: "We wish them every suc- 

 cess, and feel sure that whenever an 

 opportunity occurs the members of 

 our avicultural society will offer 

 them a helping hand. Thanks, Lon- 

 don; we will be most grateful — 

 even for the "stray feathers." 



J. B. Evans, Berkeley, an old 

 Crystal Palace exhibitor, says: "Well 

 done! BIRD NEWS, your first 

 flights are O. K.; put me down as 

 a friend and a subscriber." 



F. M. Smith, the world-famed 

 borax king, invites us to visit his 

 well-stocked aviaries. This is a cour- 

 tesy which we shall gladly avail our- 

 selves of. 



We have been asked to investigate 

 the report of "Big Jay Shoot" at 

 San Andreas. One thousand blue 

 jays were killed. 



Governor Gillett has signed the 

 Collier Assembly bill. This bill is a 

 veritable blanket and covers "bird 

 protection" most completely. The 

 bill becomes law June 17, after 

 which "plumes and feathers" will be 

 "illegal goods." Milliners, whole- 

 salers and ladies will do well to read 

 and digest this law — or else. They 

 will get into trouble. 



Canary plague is not necessary, 

 if the hygiene of the bird house is 

 O. K. Plague is just septic fever 

 and means "foulness" somewhere. 

 More later. 



The belief that Parrots, Love Birds 

 and Cockateels, don't drink water, is 

 an error, give them water. 



"Paddy bird" is not an Irishman, 

 but a name for the Java sparrow, 

 it feeds upon "paddy" or native rice. 



Let us hear from you, what re- 

 sults from the nesting birds? 



