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or ponds on the place. He should also tell 

 the kinds of fencing used, and whether there is 

 much or little brush along the fences, roads, or 

 streams, or in the permanent pasture. 



In making Census B or C, the person making 

 it should, in addition to giving the size and 

 exact boundaries of the wooded tract, name 

 the principal kinds of trees and state whether 

 there is much or little undergrowth. 



The making of one or more such censuses will 

 not only be a very interesting and helpful bit 

 of work for the person making it, but will furnish 

 definite information concerning the bird life of 

 the region, and give a basis for comparison 

 when in future years the Government wishes to 

 find out whether the laws made for the protec- 

 tion of birds are effective or not. 



And before saying farewell to this subject, I 

 must mention still another bird census which 

 every bird club in the country should take part 

 in. Several years ago Mr. Frank M. Chapman, 

 editor of that splendid little magazine, Bird 

 Lore, started a winter bird census to be taken on 

 Christmas Day with a view to showing in a 

 general way how the birds are distributed at this 

 season. This is a very interesting and instruc- 

 tive census; it not only gives a very good idea of 

 the comparative abundance of the permanent 



