6 Massachusetts Audubon Society 



PHEASANT ENTERS SCHOOL. 



I think your readers may be interested in reading of an unusual oc- 

 currence which our class experienced Thursday a. m., June 10th, at school. 

 The class was just beginning to settle down before the bell rang, when 

 suddenly we heard a loud crash and bits of glass came raining down on us. 

 Something whirred through the room and then alighted on a window-sill, 

 fluttering its wings and trying to get out. It was a hen pheasant, which 

 had evidently been scared by something from outside, and, blinded by the 

 light shining on the window, had flown right through it, closed as it was. 

 The tremendous force at which she was flying, smashed the pane into tiny 

 bits which scattered all over the room. Our teacher sent for the principal, 

 who came in immediately and caught the poor, frightened bird. He held her 

 up, and we saw that her pretty head was cut, though only very slightly, and 

 that all her head feathers had been knocked off. It seemed incredible to 

 believe that she was not either stunned or hurt seriously. Mr. Hapgood 

 then held it in his hands while the window was opened and the bird flew off, 

 alighted on the ground below and then ran off" into the shrubbery. It was 

 a very unusual thing to have happened and it proved an object for gossip 

 for many minutes. 



Very sincerely yours, 



JULIET PHILLIPS. 

 Class V B. 



QUAINT ROBIN'S NEST 



A friend of mine in Lowell, Mass., had a crocheted doily made by her 

 mother a number of years ago. As she wanted to use it, it was necessary 

 to bleach it. She laid it on the grass in the morning and took it in at night. 

 One night she forgot it, and the next morning it was gone. She naturally 

 thought some one Had stolen it. 



A few days later while sitting on the piazza her eyes followed a robin 

 flying towards a maple tree near by, and there, hanging from a nest in the 

 crotch of the tree, was the missing doily. One end appeared to be fas- 

 tened inside of the nest and the rest of it hung down over the side about 

 seven or eight inches. It was there about a week after my friend first noticed 

 it, and it was then attracting considerable attention. 



MRS. GEORGIANA M. LINDSEY. 



SAVING THE BIRDS IN ALBERTA 



Alberta has arranged to do its share toward the protection of migra- 

 tory birds, including wild ducks, geese, plover and so on, and has estab- 

 lished seven large sanctuaries where the wild fowl will not be molested. 

 The size of these safe retreats may be estimated from the fact that one of the 

 smallest is Buff'alo Lake in the heart of one of the finest wild duck shoot- 

 ing areas in the world. The shore line of this lake measures more than 

 one hundred and fifteen miles. — Caledonian. 



