Monthly Bulletin 7 



and propagating wild birds and game, (c) Nature Photography, both plate 

 and motion pictures, with field demonstrations. These courses are designed to 

 be of an interesting and popular nature, and of practical help to bird-lovers, 

 teachers, land-holders and amateur bird-photographers. 



Second Term, Commercial and Practical Game-farming and Estate 

 Work, July 26th to August 15th. This is to help prepare people for start- 

 ing or conducting game-farms or game production on farms, preserves, or 

 estates, or to fit themselves for employment by others along these lines. 



The above courses will be conducted by Mr. Job, with lectures by visit- 

 ing specialists, and demonstrations in game propagation, trapping of ver- 

 min, and other practical work, by Mr. McPhail. There will be excursions 

 and picnic suppers on the Lake, and evening outings to listen to night sounds. 



Terms and Accommodations — Tuition for the Summer School will be 

 $15. — for either of the two terms, or $25. — for both. Rooms and meals may 

 be had at Amston Inn at moderate cost, a special rate being made for Sum- 

 mer School students. A few cottages, furnished or unfurnished, may be had. 

 Should registered students desire to camp, sites on the lake shore or else- 

 where can be assigned, at nominal cost. Bath-houses are free to students 

 and guests at the Inn, who must, however, provide their own bathing-clothes. 

 Boats may be rented at reasonable prices. The Audubon House will sup- 

 plement the Inn for social use of visitors. Parties or clubs will be received 

 for field excursions or vacation outings. Visitors and observers are wel- 

 come to come at any time, and will be shown about and assisted in every pos- 

 sible way. 



Location — Amston is a station on the Air Line Division of the New 

 York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. Ten miles from Willimantic. 



Inquiries — Applications for Summer School registration, excursions, 

 bird-study outings, etc., should be addressed to Herbert K. Job, 291 Main 

 Street, West Haven, Conn., and to Amston, Conn., after the last of May. In- 

 quiries about rooms or meals should be made to The Amston Inn. 



HUMMINGBIRDS. SUMMER OF 1918. 

 By Grace Sherwood, Jefferson, O. 



May 13th, two days ahead of schedule time, a female hummingbird 

 came to the yard. I put up the feeders, but she paid no attention to them, 

 so I knew she was not of the "old gang." The bottles hung untouched two 

 or three days, then feeding began. Whether some of last season's birds 

 came, or the new ones caught the idea, I know not. 



The 27th a male bird came and stayed all day, eating as one famished. 

 He would eat until you wondered where he put it, go to a near-by twig, perch 

 a few minutes, then back and at it again. For a few days I only saw him 

 occasionally, then he concluded an unfailing supply of food was too good a 

 thing to pass up; so he came regularly in spite of feminine opposition until 

 the 1st of August, when I infer he went Soutn. As I never saw but one male 

 bird at a time, I fancied only one came. He was truly a charming fellow, 

 and I named him Ephraim, thinking it neat but not gaudy, and "Eph," for 

 short, convenient. I soon learned his footsteps, or wingbeats. When out 

 doors I could tell long enough before he came in sight to call him by name. 

 I never made a mistake, so I know that at least this particular male bird 

 could readily be told from the female by the sound of his flight. I tried 

 with all my might to find how he^made this distinctive sound, but failed. 



