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A special find over which the leaders were especially jubilant was a 

 Lawrence's warbler's nest. Miss Dean also reports, "We got into a massed 

 formation of worm-eating warblers." 



Through Miss Elsie V. Robbins. the Driscoll School Class of 1922, 

 Brookline, Mass., Grade 6, reports 75 birds seen. This is splendid work 

 for a Junior Class and is greatly to be commended. 



An interesting list is from Rav Gordon, of 600 St. Paul St., Denver, 

 Colorado, who noted 28 birds in that vicinity. 



Perhaps the quickest work was done by Mr. Reddington Fiske, of 

 Needham, whose varied activities and business cares cannot prevent him 

 from keeping an eye out for the birds which he so much enjoys. In the 

 space of two hours on the shores of Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin, within 

 two miles of the hotel, which is in the centre of the town of Neenah, 

 Mr. Fiske noted a total of 39 birds. These varied from bluebird and 

 goldfinch to red-winged blackbird, yellow-headed blackbird, herring gull, 

 upland plover and blue heron. 



Cloth Posters 



Cloth posters, warning against hunting and trespassing, as furnished 

 by the Audubon Society for many years, are already in demand. The 

 Society has a large stock of these posters and will gladly supply six free 

 to members or friends of the^ birds who wish to use them to post their 

 land. In larger quantities these posters are sold at cost — 5c each. They will 

 be mailed on request to any one asking for them. 



Feed the Birds 



The time for looking out for winter birds is at hand. It is a good 

 plan to establish your feeding stations early and thus assure the new 

 arrivals of friendly hospitality. Feeders and bird food may be ordered 

 through the Society and will be mailed to any address on receipt of price. 

 Now is a good time to plan for the winter's work. 



A NATURAL HISTORY OF THE DUCKS 



Dr., John C. Phillips is bringing out this autumn through Houghton 

 Mifflin Company the first volume of a monumental work on the ducks of 

 the world, which will be issued in four volumes under the title of "A 

 Natural History of the Ducks." Dr. Phillips is well known as an authority 

 in this field and has enjoyed an intimate experience with most of the 

 American and European ducks besides having a thorough acquaintance 

 with the literature. The book is written from the point of view of the 

 bird-lover, as well as from that of the ornithologist, and, besides giving 

 full descriptions and other scientific data, it contains very complete and 

 interesting life-histories of the species. It is illustrated with many beau- 

 tiful plates — most of them in color — by Louis Agassiz Fuertes and Allan 

 Brooks, and has a frontispiece from a painting made especially for the 

 book by Frank W. Benson, whose drawings and etchings of water-fowl 

 are famous both in this country and abroad. 



Under the title of ''Some Little Known Songs of Common Birds," 

 Mr. Francis H. Allen contributed to the magazine "Natural History," 

 issued by the American Museum of New York, the summer issue, a most 

 readable as well as scholarly article. Mr. Allen, who has been all his 

 life a close student of birds and especially of bird-songs, takes up in the 



