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A CAT WITH A ROBIN 



A TRAP FOR CATS 



WHAT ABOUT THE CAT? 



Wilbur Smith, of South Norwalk, 

 Connecticut, has sent the accompanying 

 photograph of a cat, with remarks: 



"My neighbor's cat came into our yard 

 and pounced upon a Robin. The delighted 

 neighbor said, 'She is a fine hunter,' while 

 another remarked, 'It is the cat's nature.' 

 Most of the winter birds in one neighbor- 

 hood in which I am acquainted were 

 killed and eaten because the suet was 

 placed where the cats could catch the birds 

 while feeding. 



"I saw seven cats tied in a dooryard 

 to keep them from catching birds; but 

 some young Robins came out of a nest 



and the lied cats caught three of them 

 Surely, any observant person can see that 

 the cat is a great menace to our wild birds. 

 When shall we grapple with the cat evil?" 



At Hempstead, on Long Island, New 

 York, lives G. W. Pewksbury, who is a 

 lover of birds and an enemy to stray cats. 



He has sent a photograph of the trap 

 he uses in capturing cats, which is built 

 after the manner of the old-fashioned 

 "rabbit gun." This trap is nine inches 

 square and twenty-nine inches long. 



"I bait it with fishheads," writes Mr. 

 Pewksbury, "and with it I have made a 

 record of fourteen cats in one month." 



HERRING GULLS FEEDING IN TURNCOAT HARBOR MAIXL 



