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he dropped the flower and straightened out his finger, holding it steady and 

 the bird perched upon it. 



By similar treatment the Chipmunks in a few weeks eat from one's hand 

 and often perched on the knee or shoulder. By kindness one learns the 

 value of his bird and animal neighbors and is able to study the habits 

 and photograph birds while nesting and feeding their young. This com- 

 radeship between man and bird friends should be more carefully practiced 

 by all who five or camp in the woods in the summertime. 



This would be more often the case if people would realize that a bird 

 killed or frightened away is a permanent loss, but the bird who trusts 

 brings to one a daily joy and gives a pleasant memory which cheers during 

 the winter season and fills one with the joyous anticipation of meeting his 

 bird friends the following summer. — Edwin DeMeritte, 210 Drummond 

 Place, Norfolk, Va. 



The Bluebird in Cuba. — On February 24, 1917, while riding by train 

 through the suburbs of Havana, one of the first species we saw in Cuba was 

 the familiar Bluebird (Sialia s. sialis). About seven birds, including several 

 adult males, were perched on the telegraph wires near one of the local sta- 

 tions, and were, of course, absolutely unmistakable. As the Bluebird has 

 been considered accidental in Cuba, this observation seems worthy of 

 record. — W. deW. Miller and Ludlow Griscom, American Museum of 

 Natural History. 



Rare or Uncommon Birds at Rochester, N. Y.— At the request of 

 Superintendent of Parks, C. C. Laney, the writers have for the past seven 

 years kept careful record, both by chart showing daily records, and by card 

 index of dates and other pertinent notes, of birds at Highland Park with 

 frequent trips to Lake Ontario and nearby marshes. As the regular work 

 of both takes us into the field from one to ten hours every day in the year 

 an unusual opportunity is given for this study. 



The following notes from our records seem worthy of publication. 



Larus leucopterus. Iceland Gull. — March 26, 1915, two birds 

 flying low, near Virginia Ave., Rochester by Wm. L. G. Edson; December 

 15, 1918, one bird, Port of Rochester, Wm. L. G. Edson; December 23, 

 1918, one bird, Port of Rochester, on the Genesee River, near its mouth, 

 in company with Herring and Ring-billed Gulls, in flight and at rest on the 

 water within a minimum distance of twenty-five feet by Wm. L. G. Edson 

 and R. E. Horsey. (This report was published in Bird-Lore's Christmas 

 Census for 1918) ; January 26, 1919, one bird, Lake Ontario at Summerville, 

 by R. E. Horsey. 



Bartramia longicauda. Upland Plover. — Becoming rare. June 14, 



1914, eight birds, near Rochester, N. Y., by Wm. L. G. Edson; July 14, 



1915, three birds, near Rochester, N. Y., by Wm. L. G. Edson; June 14, 



1917, two birds, near Rochester, N. Y., by Wm. L. G. Edson; May 8, 



1918, one bird, near Rochester, N. Y., by Win. L. G. Edson and R. E. 

 Horsey. 



