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Bird- Lore 



A Michigan Bulletin 



The Michigan Audubon Society has 

 issued a large folder containing an appeal 

 to the public to feed the birds. A synopsis 

 of the state game-laws is given, also a short 

 list of bird-books, a story purporting to 

 have been written by a cat, and other notes 

 and news. There is no indication that this 

 is to be followed by other publications of a 

 like character, but, should it be succeeded 

 with other issues as interesting as this one, 



BIRD-COLONY OF J. H. LARKIN, SOUTH 

 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. THE BOXES 

 ARE MADE OF PAINT-PAILS. 



we should all be glad. Our criticism of it, 

 as an Audubon pamphlet, is that it bears 

 no date of publication, and its pages are 

 too large to render its filing convenient 

 with other books and circulars of a like 

 character. 



A Bird-Box Experiment 



The Association's Department of Ap- 

 plied Ornithology conducted an experi- 

 ment in bird-boxes at Cold Spring Harbor, 

 Long Island, last summer. Forty-four 

 boxes were secured from a well-known 

 dealer, and erected in suitable places 



under the direction of Herbert K. Job. 

 After they were once put in position they 

 were not molested, nor was any effort 

 made to disturb the unwelcome occupants 

 that in some cases took advantage of the 

 hospitality thus offered. We wanted to 

 see just what would happen without any 

 interference. A census taken during the 

 nesting season revealed the fact that only 

 two of the boxes were known to be unoc- 

 cupied. The character of the life that 

 inhabited four others was not determined. 

 The following is a list of the tenants 

 as known. 



Bluebird i 



Flicker i 



Starling 3 



House Wren 9 



English Sparrow 17 



Yellowjacket i 



Black Wasp 5 



Flying Squirrel i 



A Conservation Dinner 



The Game Conservation Society gave 

 a "Wild Duck Dinner" at the Hotel Astor, 

 New York, December 14, IQ15. There 

 was present a large representative body 

 of men interested in the conservation of 

 American game-birds. As the National 

 Association is actively encouraging the 

 public ■ to increase wildfowl by artificial 

 means, the Secretary was very glad to be 

 present, and to respond to a toast on the 

 subject. 



The general effect of the dinner was to 

 increase the interest of those present in 

 the matter of producing more wild Ducks 

 and upland game-birds, with a view not 

 only to augmenting the food supply, but 

 to increasing the wild stock through the 

 liberation of many of these birds raised 

 under restraint. 



A Junior Publication 



A Junior Audubon Class in Logan 

 School, Minneapolis, has begun the pub- 

 lication of a magazine. Owaissa, they call 

 it after the Indian name for Bluebird, as 

 given by Longfellow in "Hiawatha." The 

 first issue contains twenty-five pages, 

 devoted to various bird-study and bird- 



