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aud (he saiiilv of the lair sex liave iui3i)iiec] ihe aiili 

 navy taxideiuiisls to shi lighter, Jear after year, these 

 fiolitsoiiie teuuiits of hollow trees; beautiful defeuce- 

 less cieatures, whose livelihood was earned maiuly b\ 

 destrojiug insects aud larvae destructive of forest, 

 shade and fruit trees. It is true this bird sometimes 

 \ isited the corn field or cherry tree, but the damage 

 done on such occasions was trivial when compared with 

 (he good he did in the orchard or forest. 



Men, we are told, particularly a class of miserly fel 

 lows who have been married for some years, are prone 

 to comment in no favorable way about the cost of 

 lovely woman's head dress. So far as the writer is 

 (concerned he believes it is every man's duty, and if 

 he has the right kind of a wife, I know it would be a 

 l>leasure, to assist, so far as he is financially able, in 

 obtaining the requisite head attornment for his better 

 half. I do not believe, however, that any man should 

 be asked or expected to encourage the decoration of 

 his wife's head with feathers which have been torn 

 from the bodie^s of mute and lifeless birds. The chief 

 objection I have to offer to this hatandbonnet business 

 is the persistence which so many ladies have for deco 

 rating their pretty heads with beneficial birds' skins. 

 i)o away with such ornamentations, double, if you de 

 .sire, the amounts paid for feathers, add an extra quan 

 rity of artificial flowers, vines and iridescent ribbons, 

 but spare, I beg of you, the harmless and defenceless 

 fiiembers of "the summer's tuneful host." 



THK PKNNSYI>VANIA AUDUBON SOCIKTV 



It is certainly fortunate in many ways that the 

 Pennsylvania Audubon Society, with headquarters in 

 Phiadelphia, has lately been largely instrumental in 



