APPENDIX IV. 371 



1900. BUTCHER, WILLIAM. The Bird Protection Fund. Bird 

 Lore, vol. ii., pages GO, 90. 



Fund of four hundred and seventy-seven dollars raised for pro- 

 tection of gulls and terns. Arrangements being made for war- 

 dens to enforce laws. 



1900. (EDITOR.) Sparrows Eat Grapes. Gardening, vol. ix., 

 page 29. 



Injury to grapes by English sparrows. 



1900. FISHER, A. K. A Word for the Hawks and Owls. 

 American Field, vol. liv., page 331. 



Value as destroyers of vermin. 



1900. HUTCHINS, JOHN. The House Wren as a Depredator. 

 Bird Lore, vol. ii., pages 89, 90. 



Wrens pierce eggs of chipping sparrows and throw them out 

 of nest, also persecute other birds. 



1900. LEMMONS, ISABEL McC. Notes on the Food of the Chick- 

 adee and the Screech Owl. Bird Lore, vol. ii., page 59. 



Chickadees observed taking " tiny black insects" ( probably 

 aphid eggs) from willow. Screech owl's stomachs full of har- 

 vest flies " in the pupa form in which they leave the earth." 



1900. PALMER, T. S. Protest against the Collection of Plume 

 Birds through Postmasters. Bird Lore, vol. ii., page 66. 



Account of action of postmaster-general in warning post- 

 masters against illegal killing of birds. 



1900. PALMER, T. S. Legislation for the Protection of Birds 

 other than Game-Birds. United States Department of 

 Agriculture, Division of Biological Survey, Bulletin No. 

 12. pages 1-94. 



A general introduction, followed by a summary of the State 

 laws. 



