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GENERAL NOTES 



Information Desired 



In order that the National Association 

 may be in better position to serve its 

 members, and the general public, on all 

 phases connected with artificial propaga- 

 tion of game-birds, and also in attracting 

 birds about the home, we request Bird- 

 Lore readers to cooperate with it by send- 

 ing information on the following subjects: 



1. Data of experiments with nesting- 

 boxes, and lists of birds known to occupy 

 them. 



2. Photographs of birds actually using 

 boxes, feeding-stations or bird-baths. 



3. Information as to good opportunities 

 to take still or moving pictures of such 

 subjects. Address Herbert K. Job, 

 Department of Applied Ornithology, 291 

 Main Street, West Haven, Connecticut. 



Egret Protection 



Tourists are pouring into Florida this 

 season as never before, and the demand for 

 locally collected "aigrettes" is corres- 

 pondingly great. Many persons, who, 

 under ordinary conditions, would have 

 gone to the Mediterranean, have gone this 

 year, on account of political disturbances 

 abroad, to Palm Beach, Miami, and other 



Florida resorts. This means a stronger 

 watch than ever is needed at the Egret 

 rookeries in that state. The only wa>' 

 men can be induced to take their lives in 

 their hands by going into the swamps as 

 Audubon wardens is to pay them men's 

 wages. The sum of $2,000, in addition 

 to the amount already collected, is needed 

 by the Association at once for this impor- 

 tant work, which has already brought back 

 the persecuted Egrets in many localities. 

 On a subsequent page will be found a 

 list of the recent contributors to this 

 fund. 



A New Suet-holder 



A simple, compact suet-holder for birds 

 is now offered by the Simplex Bird Appa- 

 ratus Company of Demarest, New Jersey, 

 for thirty-five cents or three for one dollar. 

 We are informed that these holders have 

 been thoroughly tested at the home of the 

 Secretary of the New Jersey Audubon 

 Society and have proved most successful 

 in attracting Hairy and Downy Wood- 

 peckers, Nuthatches, Chickadees, Tufted 

 Titmice, Cardinals, Blue Jays, Brown 

 Creepers, Myrtle Warblers and other birds. 

 The accompanying illustrations show one 

 of these baskets attached to a tree. 



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