196 NATURE-STUDY REVIEW [13:5— May, 1917 



RULES FOR BIRD HOUSE CONTEST FOR 1917 

 Y. M. C. A. of Erie, Pa. 



This contest shall be for any boy under 20 years of age in the 

 City of Erie. 



Each boy is put on his honor to do all work on the house himself. 



Houses to be built to conform with dimensions given in Farmers' 

 Bulletin on Bird House Construction. 



These dimensions may be secured from manual training teachers 

 in Public Schools or from the Boys' Work Secretary at Y. M. C. A. 



First, second and third prizes will be given for the three best 

 houses in each class. 



Houses for following birds are to be built: Bluebird, Robin, 

 House Wren, Martin, Flicker, Red Headed Woodpecker or Hair}' 

 Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker and Food Shelter. 



Contest to close April 9th. 



Get a card from your principal or at the Y. M. C. A., and enroll 

 in the contest now. 



Send all entries into Y. M. C. A. immediately. 



Competent judges will judge the houses. 



There will be an opportunity given to sell houses at close of 

 contest. 



Please enroll me as a contestant in the Bird House Campaign, to end 

 April Qth, 1 917. 



I will make a house for (Name of Bird.) 



Signed 



A VISIT TO BIRD ISLAND 

 L. B. Cushman, St. Petersburg, Florida 



A bird enthusiast spending the winter at St. Petersburg wrices of 

 a visit to Bird Island, a Government Preserve, where no one is 

 allowed to land, but where "I saw hundreds of Pelicans, many of 

 which had located on top of mangrove bushes for the night, while 

 numerous big Ward's herons came and alighted on top of the higher 

 trees. I saw an abundance of cormorants, what was said to be an 

 ibis, and a white heron. I contemplate going again, soon, before 

 dayiight or at dusk, so as to see the birds come in or go out and see 

 them roost. There are water ways among the trees, so we can slip 

 right in among them in a row boat. 



I see the great star Canopus here every night." 



