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vidual or by a local Audubon Society, and 

 the boxes distributed at cost to those who 

 want them. The box factories will make 

 the cost extremely low provided they can 



point of introduction in New York, nor 

 how far it has already made its way. I 

 suppose that Starlings have been reported 

 from points further south than Baltimore, 



WELLESLEV BIRD -BOX IN POSITION 



A guard of thin galvanized iron surrounds the entrance. For Bluebirds and Swallows the opening 



should be one and one half inches in diameter; for smaller birds one and a quarter inches 



deliver them by truck, unpacked, at one 

 point. 



I tried the experiment with a lot of one 

 thousand and it worked so well that I 

 have ordered more. They cost fifteen cents 

 each. The style adopted, which I tested 

 with success during the past year, is out- 

 lined in the accompanying photographs. 

 The top of the box is removable for clean- 

 ing and all nails, tacks, and other metal 

 parts are of galvanized iron. 



To distinguish the box as a type I have 

 called it the 'Wellesley Bird-Box.' — John 

 C. Lee, Wellesley, Mass. 



The Starling in Baltimore 



I do not know how close a watch is 

 being kept on the spread of the European 

 Starling throughout our country from the 



but I send you the following item for what 

 it may be worth: 



A flock of European Starlings, contain- 

 ing several hundred individuals, has been 

 roosting at night for an unknown length 

 of time in a row of sycamore trees on Mt. 

 Royal Avenue bordering the sunken 

 gardens and overlooking the Union Sta- 

 tion and the surrounding railroad yards. 

 That row of trees has for several years 

 been a roosting-place for thousands of 

 English Sparrows during the winter 

 months, and it is possible that the Star- 

 lings were there for several nights before 

 being noted, although I pass that place 

 practically every evening during the week. 

 My attention was first attracted by un- 

 familiar notes on the evening of January 

 16, 191 7, and subsequent investigation 

 proved the presence of a large number of 



