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IvoBiNsON, H. W. — The Departure of the Grey 

 Geese. Country Life, 1919, p. 487. 



IvoBiNSON, H. L. — The Song of the Swan and the 

 Haunted Loch. Ibid., p. 778. 



Iaverner, p. a. — Bird-Houses and their Occu- 

 pants. Ottawa Nat., 1919, pp. i 19-126, 

 I pi. and text-figs. 



I A\ Ki^NKK, p. A. — The Birds of the Red Deer 

 River, Alberta. The Auk, 1919, pp. 1-21 ; 

 248-265, pi. i-iv. 



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THE JOURNAL FUND. 

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" The pleasure derived from observing birds, 

 and becoming familiar with their plumage, their 

 notes, and, above all, their habits, is never end- 

 ing ; and the habits and food of the every-day 

 birds might with advantage be taught to the chil- 

 dren in more of our village schools." — Cecil H. 

 Hooper. 



" A growing appreciation of the aesthetic and 

 educational value of birds has sent many cultured 

 folk to the woods, fields, and shores. People are 

 turning towards nature study, and the observation 

 of birds in the field is one of the most popular 

 manifestations of an increased and abiding 

 interest in nature." — E. H. Forbush, State Orni- 

 thologist, Massachusetts, U.S. .A. 



" By gardeners every Titmouse is generally 

 regarded as an enemy, for it is supposed to do 

 infinite damage to the buds of fruit-trees and 

 bushes; but the accusation is u holly false, for the 

 buds destroyed are always found to be those to 

 which a grub — the birds real object — has got 

 access, so that there can be little doubt that the 

 Titmouse is a great benefactor to the horticul- 

 turist, and hardly ever more so than when the 

 careless spectator of its deeds is supposing it to 

 be bent on mischief." — .Alfred Newtox. 



