THE OREGON NATURALIST. 



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Fox Sparrow. This is a comnion 

 bird in this county. Winter resident 

 only. Arrives in October or Novem- 

 ber departing in March. 



Canada Goose. Appears in flocks 

 in December and January. Rather 

 common down on the lands near the 

 sea coast. 



Rkd-headed Duck. Great num- 

 bers of these birds are seen in the 

 Eastern part of the state. 



C.'VNvASBACK. Comes much after 

 the manner of the above; flocks of 

 I)oth birds may' be seen together. The 

 hunters slay large numbers of both 

 kinds in January and February. 



Pied-billed Grebe. A rare bird in 

 this county, seen only in the Winter. 



Loon. Not common at any season 

 of the year. 



Winter Wren. Common winter 

 visitor in this county. Its twittsmay 

 be heard on the cold winter days when 

 everything seems lo be drearj'. This 

 little bit of bird-life can make as much 

 noise as some of our larger birds; its 

 voice is not loud but pleasant to the 

 ear. 



Golden crowned Kinglet. Very 

 common in winter. May be seen in 

 flocks with the Titmouse. 



Ruby- crowned Kinglet. Maybe 

 seen in company with the above 

 which it very much resembles in 

 size and color. II has a ruby spot of 

 feathers on the top of its head. They 

 arrive in November and leave in Feb- 

 ruary. Both species may be seen 

 feeding on a kind of little insect they 

 find in the bark of trees. 



Aaierican Robin. A common bird 

 in most parts of its range. In this 

 fipunty they are jiot knpwn to breed 



at all. In some parts of the state 

 they are known to breed. 



Hermit Thrush. A common bird 

 in a large portion of its range. Here 

 it is only a winter bird and does not 

 breed at all in this section. 



Brown Thrasher. Common; fre- 

 quents low marshy land. It is only a 

 Winter visitor. 



R. P. Smithwick. 



Merry Hill, N. C. 



WEST VIRGINIAN HISTORI- 

 CAL AND ANTIQUARIAN 

 SOCIETY. 



The West Virginia Historical and 

 Antiquarian Society have in their 

 possession Daniel Boone's beaver trap, 

 cane and a letter written by himself. 

 They have, al.so, over four hundred 

 Indian .stone and flint celts, over sixty 

 grooved axes, and thirty Indian and 

 Mounds Builders' pipes. 



W. E. 



Charleston, W. Va. 



Who would have supposed that the 

 feminine hats of this country cost 

 $1,500,000 a day, in addition to the 

 milliner's bill. The editor of Garden 

 and Forest says the destruction of 

 bitds for their plumage causes that 

 immense loss to the agricultural in- 

 terests of the United States. 



Advanced vegetarians in England 

 have formed an a.ssociation, binding 

 themselves to eschew not only animal 

 food, but also at tides composed in 

 any degree of substances involving 

 the death of animals. This includes 

 leather for shoes and gloves, fat for 

 soap, ivoiy, skins and feathers, 



