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by means of our own musical notation, still much has been done to give us 

 an idea of the pitch, time, rhythm, and melody of bird-songs by means of 

 printed symbols. As an aid to those interested in this subject the following 

 references are given : 



Matthews: Field Book of Wild Birds and Their Music. 



Chapman: The Warblers. 



W. B. Olds: Bird-Songs, Flower-Songs, in two volumes, for use in schools, published by G. 



Schirmer, New York City, and also, by the Gamble Hinged Music Co., Chicago. 

 Mr. Henry Oldys lectures upon 'Birds and Bird-Music' Of particular interest to 



students, is his lecture on the rhythms and melodies of bird-song. 



[Imitations or so-called reproductions of bird-songs by whistUng or vocal means 

 are interesting but of less value. — A. H. W.] 



FOR AND FROM ADULT AND YOUNG 

 OBSERVERS 



BIRDS AND BIRD-STUDY IN THE NORTHWEST 



September 25, 1915 



We had an early frost here and considerable snow two weeks ago. A great 

 many of our migratory birds have departed for their winter homes, which 

 generally stay with us until much later in the season. We are located in a very 

 peculiar place and I am almost certain that many of our birds migrate across 

 the mountains and spend the winter in certain parts of British Columbia 

 and California. 



We have the western forms of the Bluebird, Nighthawk, Tree Sparrow, 

 Savannah Sparrow, Red-tailed Hawk, and also, several other species, among 

 them the Hudsonian Chickadee. I have recorded the Ouzel here along the 

 Athabasca River in December and January. I have a record too, of the 

 Connecticut Warbler which has never been recorded previously west of 

 Manitoba. This is a great duck country, but if we do not soon have some 

 better laws, and more restrictions placed on gunners, I fear that ducks will 

 soon, with the grouse, be of the past. For my list of the birds of this locality, 

 see The Auk, Vol. XXVI, No. 4, Oct., 1909. Since that date, the number has 

 swelled to 188, with several more yet to be added. I am doing my best to 

 awaken interest in birds here and am having the children make a 'Nature- 

 study Corner,' paying more attention to birds than to anything else. I expect 

 to give a lecture on bird-study soon before the teachers of northern Alberta, 

 using as many of my lantern-slides (150 in all) as I can. I shall try to have 

 them put bird-work into their schools. — Sidney S. Stansell, Glengarden, 

 Alberta. 



-■ [This contribution is especially suggestive with reference to little-known movements 

 of certain species, the condition of game-laws in a comparatively new and thinly set- 



