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these illumes in the spring their kill- 

 ing means that the young are left in 

 the nest to die of starvation. As a 

 result, the egret is now regarded as 

 one of the rarest birds in America. 

 This summer, for the first time in sev- 

 eral years, they are reported to have 

 a Plica red in New York state and sev- 

 cral haw been seen in Massachusetts. 



The National Association of Audu- 

 bon societies may truly be regarded 

 as the patron saint of these birds. 

 "As quickly as the New York Legis- 

 lature passed our anti-plumage law," 

 said Mr. T. Gilbert Pearson, secretary 

 of the association today. "We sent 

 agents into the southern states to as- 

 certain the whereabouts of the few re- 

 maining colonies of these birds. In 

 all, 15 were found. These were situ- 

 ated in the Lverglades and lake coun- 

 try of Florida and in the rice-field sec- 

 lion of South Carolina. During the 

 past summer about 5000 egrets dwell 

 in safety in these colonies, for we pro- 

 tected them from the agents of the 

 millinery houses by employment of 

 trusty guards." 



It is freely stated that other species 

 of plumage birds are being benefited 

 in a similar way by the passage of the 

 law which it was predicted would 

 prove disastrous to many of the large 

 millinery firms of this city. 



Kagles are becoming a threatening 

 form of destruction to the deer of the 

 state of Idaho. The state game ward- 

 en lias received information to the ef- 

 fect that in many sections of the state 

 every young fawn has been carried off 

 by eagles of large species. — San Jose 

 Mercury.. 



Long Journeys Made By Plovers. 



Bird migration has always been and 

 is yet a thing of much mystery. Let 

 the man who has never felt the thrill 

 of this mystery take his atlas and 



turn to the map of the Western Hem- 

 isphere. Let him locate the Arctic 

 Islands north of North America, say 

 seventy-five degrees N. L. and with his 

 pencil draw from there a line down 

 along the coast of Labrador, across 

 to Newfoundland, and down to Nova 

 Scotia, then across the Atlantic to the 

 Lesser Antilles in the West Indies, 

 from there to Brazil and across to Ar 

 gentina, and finally halt his pencil in 

 Patagonia. He will have traced then 

 what is said to be the southward mi- 

 gration of the American plover. Hut 

 let him continue the course, across 

 to the Pacific, northward up the coast, 

 then across Central America and up 

 the Mississippi valley, through central 

 Canada, and back to the northern 

 islands. He will then have mapped 

 what naturalists have given as the 

 yearly itinerary of some of these won- 

 derful birds — a journey of some fif- 

 teen thousand miles. — Outing. 



W. A. S. 



Notes on the Parula Warbler. 



On June 9th, 1912, a friend invited 

 me down to look for Parula Warblers' 

 nests, which was .something new to me 

 as these birds do not build here in mv 

 neighborhood. We crossed the Con- 

 necticut River in a power boat and 

 landed on an island about a mile wide 

 by four miles long, and after looking 

 for some time on the south part of the 

 island and not finding any trees which 

 had any moss on them, started for 

 the north end. 



As we were walking along on the 

 edge of a small ledge I noticed some 

 cedar with quite an amount of moss 

 on them and at the same time heard 

 a sharp "chip" from some bird. After 

 looking about five minutes my friend 

 discovered a nest up about fifteen feet 

 from the ground, and upon investigat- 

 ing, found it to contain four eggs of 



