and ilic vaiiitv ol lli<- fair sex \\n\v inspired tlie mill 

 iiery taxideiiuislis lo slaughter, ^yeai- alter ^ear, tlJese 

 frolicsome tenants of hollow trees; beautiful di'feuce- 

 less creatures, whose livelihood was earned mainly b.^ 

 desitroying insects and larvae destructive of forest, 

 shade and fruit trees. It is true this bird sometimes 

 \isited the corn field or cherry' tree, but the damage 

 done on such occasions was trivial when compared with 

 the good he did in the orchard or forest. 



Men, we are told, particularly a class of miserly fel 

 liiws wild ha\e been married for some years, are prone 

 to comment in no favorable way about the cost of 

 lovely woman's head dress. So far as the writer is 

 concerned he believes it is every man's duty, and if 

 lie has the right kind of a wife, I know it would be a 

 l)leasure, to assist, so far as he is financially able, iu 

 obtaining the requisite head adornment for his better 

 half. I do not believe, however, that any man should 

 be asked or expected to encourage the decoration of 

 iiis wife's head with feathers which have been torn 

 from the bodies of mute and lifeless birds. The chief 

 objection Ihave to offer to this hat and bonnet business 

 is the persistemt? whicli so many ladies have for deco 

 rating their pretty heads with beneficial birds' skins. 

 Do away with such ornamentations, double, if you de 

 ,<ire, the amounts paid for feathers, add an extra quan 

 lity of artificial flowers, vines and iridescent ribbons, 

 but spare, I beg of yon. the harmless and defenceie8> 

 riicniliers of "the summer's tuneful host.'" 



THE PENNSTI.VANIA AUDUBON SOCIETY. 



It is certainly fortniiate in many ways, that the 

 Pennsylvania Audubon Society, with headquarters in 

 IMiiladelphia. has lately been largely instrumental in 



