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A winter guest on the sea coast, he is an easy prey in fog, 
blizzard or wind to the vandal hunter. Here it might be 
stated to bear out the evil tale which the bird would tell 
of experience because of his unprotected exsistence, I 
have seen a person known to be a poacher walk through 
the open streets of a town (Holbek) proudly carrying a 
beautiful specimen which he had shot, flung over his shoul- 
der. 
On inland lakes, also, the beautiful and attractive 
greater diver, podiceps is seen, behaving like a coot and an 
excellent mother. The corresponding species, hell-diver, 
I have seen both on Lake Michigan and Utah Lake, but 
not with families. 
The whooping crane, whose European cousin is the 
grey crane (Grus cinerea) and celebrated for its dancing 
performances, ought to be protected by us, in my opinion, 
for its great beauty in the landscape. To a smaller extent 
I feel the same for the American white pelican. 
There are numerous items of interest which time will 
not allow me to bring out to-night, such as nest-building, 
parasitic birds—the cuckoo (C. canorus) and cowbird, as 
well as others, and immigrants or imported as the “English” 
sparrow, which, by-the-way, seems more intelligent here 
than in Europe, although I have heard that in England it 
truly sings. 
In conclusion, therefore, I dare say that even a centen- 
arian who had taken an active interest in animals (furry 
or feathered) would, if privileged to live in health an 
additional century, be convinced that new phases of animal 
life could be found and observed and old questions more 
fully answered; and that without consideration to the vast 
interest that might be awakened through the so little ex- 
plored field of their many languages. 
