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papers concerning the real status of the house cat, preliminary to more active 

 measures for its control. 



The committee on attracting birds has been somewhat more active, and 

 by means of public lectures, lectures in the schools, and articles in the local 

 papers, has created a widespread interest, resulting in the placing of many 



SOME BLUEBILLS TAMED BY FEEDING 



boxes in all parts of the city, including two Martin houses, the estabhshment 

 of several attractive bird-fountains, and a large number of individual 'feeding 

 stations' during the winter. In addition, two 'public stations' have been main- 

 tained in the Renwick Woods, where grain and suet have attracted quite an 

 assemblage of Woodpeckers, Nuthatches, Chickadees, Brown Creepers, Tree 

 Sparrows, etc., where anyone may see the results to be obtained by just a 

 little effort. Furthermore, the work of feeding the wild Ducks on the lake was 

 continued, with the result that great flocks of Canvasbacks became com- 

 paratively tame, and some of the Bluebills would almost feed from one's 

 hand. 



The educational campaign of the club has been carried on along three 

 lines: First, there have been monthly lectures, open to the public, on various 

 phases of bird-life or subjects of a conservational nature, by such speakers as 

 Dr. Andrew D. White, Dr. L. H. Bailey, L. A. Fuertes, Ernest Harold Baynes, 

 H. M. Benedict, Clinton G. Abbott, J. G. Needham, and others. These 

 ec tures have always filled our largest halls. 



