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farmer realized how many destructive 

 insects are annually consumed by the 

 Martins, it is likely he would be more 

 willing to take a little trouble to keep 

 these birds around his farm. — R. W. 

 McDowell, Uniontown, Pa. 



Bird-Boxes and Signboards 



I herewith inclose a photo taken a 

 short time ago by myself, which may be of 

 possible interest for your magazine. The 

 picture shows bird-houses placed on 

 bulletin boards throughout the city by 

 an advertising iirm. 



— established themselves within a tall 

 church steeple, opposite me. Here they 

 have lived all this bitter winter, leaving 

 at dawn, flying toward the beaches. 

 Regularly, they return at dusk. 



Lately a few are on my lawn digging for 

 something and making holes. These 

 are the first Starlings I have even seen 

 about here. — (Mrs.) A. C. A. Brown, 

 Providence, R. I. 



Starlings at Carlisle, Pa. 



The English Starling has appeared in 

 our midst as well as at Newville, Pa. I 



BIRD-HOUSES AND SIGNBOARDS 

 Photographed by A. J. Anderson 



As I am interested in the protection of 

 birds, this idea attracted my attention as 

 being both useful and ornamental. 



You will notice that these bird-houses 

 are adapted more for small birds, such as 

 Martins, Wrens, and the like. — A. J. 

 Anderson, 3544-16 Ave. So., Minneapolis, 

 Minn. 



Starlings at Providence, R. I. 



About the last of October a large colony 

 of Starlings — numbering in the hundreds 



saw several of them on March 13. — 

 Emelin Know Parker, Carlisle, Pa. 



Evening Grosbeak Records 



The Evening Grosbeak was formerly 

 one of our rarest winter visitants, but if 

 one may judge by the history of the past 

 few years, we shall soon have to class it as 

 of "regular occurrence; common locally." 

 In addition to the large number of records 

 which Bird-Lore has published, includ- 



