Bird- Lore 



altogether, and that the requirements fo the holders of cards must be some 

 sort of qualitication other than the desire to go on an excursion. Also an 

 official photographer, Wilbur F. Smith, was appointed from our own number 

 to keep the picture record of all happenings of importance. The experience of 

 that first month taught us a valuable lesson, which it will be well for all over- 

 zealous bird protectionists to consider. 



In order that people, children especially, should take interest and be able 

 to know birds in the bush, they must be able first to see the bird, either by 

 means of good pictures or mounted species, near at hand. And the most radical 

 of protectionists should not deny the necessity of legally conducted public 

 museums, however much the capricious work of the purely selfish, casual 

 private collector is to be condemned. 



All through the autumn, people, old and young, brought us birds that 

 they had picked up dead, having been killed by electric wires, being blown 

 against windows, etc., and begged to know their names and something about 



them. This is 

 only a partial list 

 of the species 

 brought in dur- 

 ing less than a 

 month: Prairie 

 Warbler, Olive- 

 backed and Her- 

 mit Thrushes, 

 Northern Water- 

 Thrush, White- 

 throated, C h i p- 

 ping, and Savan- 

 nah Sparrows, 

 Myrtle Warblers 

 in numbers, Gol- 

 den-crowned 

 Kinglets, Acadian 

 Owl, Screech Owls 

 in the red, gray, 

 and intermediate 

 phases, Wood 

 cock. Purple 

 Finch, Flickers, 

 Bay-breasted 

 Warbler, Black- 

 poll and, on the 

 A FLICKER'S NESTING STUB tirst of January, a 



