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AMERICAN ORM T If LOGY. 



bushes. Down pitched the tlock' into the open waters for the night with- 

 in easy range. 



They had scarcely alighted when the sharp twang of the bow string is 

 heard on the still night air, and there running and floundering about are 

 two fat geese pinioned together by an arrow which passed through the 

 neck of one and was safely anchored in the body of the other. 



He cut a long sapling with which he brought them within his 

 reach and soon there was joy in the cabin of Sabattis, and fresh meat and 

 good cheer for the Christmas dinner. 



The Defeat of Passer 

 Domesticus. 



Ah! What's that.^ Some new 

 bird! I was going quietly through 

 a small piece of underbrush, looking 

 for specimens, when 1 had heard a 

 strange sound. I crept nearer and 

 nearer the spot whence the strange 

 noises proceeded, looking carefully 

 to see what was causing it. 1 soon 

 saw, and was much surprised to find 

 that it was a lot of English Spar- 

 rows, no not all sparrows, for there 

 on a twig beside a small hole in an 

 old apple tree was a little house 

 wren. A battle royal was in pro- 

 gress. The sparrows were trying 

 to drive the wren away, and the 

 wren was not inclined to be driven. 

 The wren would chase one sparrow 

 off, then fly back to its perch, only 

 to be confronted by others. This 

 it repeated time after time, until I 

 took pity on the poor little persecut- ' 

 ed wren, and showed myself. The 



sparrows flew away, and after 

 waiting awhile to see if they were 

 going to molest my charge further, 

 I left. About a month later I pass- 

 ed the same way, and found that 

 the wren was still in possession and 

 had a nest and set of eggs in the 

 tree. 



W. H.. Vnlway, Ohio. 



Sunday, April 7th, while walking 

 through a small scrubby oak grove, 

 I flushed seven large pigeons. It 

 being Sunday I carried no gun, and 

 consequently cannot prove the iden- 

 tity of the birds. They flushed 

 rapidly and were soon out of sight. 

 I am certain they were not Mourn- 

 ing Doves, and am satisfied that 

 they were Passenger Pigeons. 

 This is the first record I have here 

 for many years. 



J. C. Knox, 

 Jackson, Minn. 



