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Sparrows, and this he persistently did, though the Redpolls returned many 

 times. 



In the last weeks in March, the Redpolls sang a low, continuous warble, 

 interspersed with a short note that at a distance sounded like "buzz," but 

 when near it was a liquid rattle, shorter and less vigorous than the whizz of 

 the Siskin. 



BODIES OF WILD DUCK 



Near Tampico; Mexico, there are many huge oil wells throughout a big stretch of 

 country. The uncontrolled portion of the oil is caught in big reser\-oirs. The oil is 

 black and tar-like. Thousands of Wild Ducks land in the oil, thinking it water, and 

 are soon reduced to a pitiful ball of asphalt. The bodies line the shores of every reser- 

 voir. This picture, taken in January, 191 2, at Oil Wells, on the Panuco River, is an 

 average example of this phenomenon. 



• — Thos. M. Galey, 316 North Negley Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. 



