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gathered to the feast, and he waited for the last one to come within reach of 

 the net. 



The largest number ever taken at a single 'throw' he said was sixty-four. 

 The net shown in the accompanying picture, which he presented to me, con- 

 tained thirty-seven Condors, some of which can be dimly seen. 



Condors, like their humble relatives the Turkey Buzzard and Black Vul- 

 ture, evidently return to certain regularly frequented roosts for the night. Our 

 hunter said that he counted eight hundred in a single roost; surely few gather- 

 ings of birds could be more impressive. 



The Condor of the Andes, like the Condor of California, lays its single white 

 egg in a cave or similar retreat, and builds no nest. The nesting season begins 

 in September, or early spring. 



After deducting a fair margin for expenses, shipping charges, etc., one 

 might imagine that to sell 16,000 Condors for twenty dollars each would leave 

 the hunter a comparatively wealthy man. But our Mendoza hunter has only a 

 small share of the world's goods. Apparently the pursuit of the Condor is not 

 designed to bring good fortune to those who engage in it. The proceeds of his 

 hunting he invested in a powder mill which subsequently exploded! All that 

 the world has to show, therefore, for the 16,000 Condors it has lost, is the few 

 frayed quills which have not yet reached the ash-heap. 



An Effective Feeding Device 



By JOHN C. LEE, 'Wellesley, Mass. 



THE accompanying sketch shows an inexpensive and simplified form of 

 the well-known von Berlepsch food-bell, which can be readily made by 

 anybody who can use a soldering iron and a few simple tools. 



This device is particularly useful during the winter months for feeding the 

 Chickadees and Nuthatches. It holds a lot of food and requires very little 

 attention. The amount of food in the bottle can always be observed without 

 taking it down. I have used this type of feeder with considerable success in 

 wooded areas which are badly infested with gypsy moths. I find that the 

 Chickadees attracted by the feeder are including in their diet a great many of 

 the gypsy moth eggs. 



For food I have been using a mixture of about 25 per cent hemp seed, 25 

 per cent sunflower seed, and 50 per cent cracked corn. 



The essential portions of the feeder are lettered as follows: 



A is what is known as a one-gallon amber packing-bottle, and can be had 

 at almost any drug store for about ten cents. 



B is a tube about five inches long which fits into the neck of the bottle. 

 This can be readily made by bending a piece of thin galvanized sheet-iron 

 about a round stick. 



