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Bird - Lore 



comes, there's a squeaking note, a pre- 

 senting of bills, then one or the other 

 flies away. However, I have seen the 

 one remaining take a bit of peanut and 

 feed it to the other on the tree. The 

 Downy Woodpeckers do not eat together, 

 the female retiring upon the approach 

 of the male. The Tufced Titmice and the 

 Chickadees are more sociable, but they 

 squabble at times. Even the Juncos 

 chase each other off the porch roof. But 

 a full stomach maketh a glad heart. As 

 the sun takes the chill off the air, I hear 

 the rolling whistle of the Tufted Titmouse 

 and the soft note of the Bluebirds calling 

 to each other across the open. 



"It seems to me that the birds are 

 singing more this winter than usual. 

 Yesterday I saw and heard two Cardinals, 

 one of which was singing. As I write, 

 two Wrens and a Nuthatch are having a 

 battle over some cracked hickory nuts; 

 one Wren holds the fort." — (Miss) 

 Magnolia M. Woodward. 



General Notes 



Recently there came to our attention a 

 newspaper clipping which referred to the 

 wholesale destruction of Penguins on 

 Macquarie Island, Australia. These birds, 

 it seems, are being killed for the purpose 

 of obtaining their oil. 



We at once communicated with Mr. 

 James Buckland, the well-known English 

 bird protectionist, with a request for 

 information. Mr. Buckland has taken the 

 matter up energetically with the Governor 

 of Tasmania, of which state Macquarie 

 Island is a part, and we expect effective 

 action. 



Mr. Buckland also writes that Mr. A. 

 H. E. Mattingly, a prominent member of 

 the Royal Australian Ornithologists' 

 Union, has recently secured the seizure of 

 a large number of plumes, importation of 

 which is prohibited in Australia. 



Executive Orders creating three new 

 Federal Bird Reservations have recently 

 been signed by President Taft, as follows: 

 Chamisso Island Reservation, embracing 



Chamisso Island and nearby rocky islets 

 in Kotzebue Sound, Alaska; Pishkun 

 Reservation, embracing all of sections 2 

 and 10 and parts of sections 1, 3, 9, n, 

 12, and 15, township 22 north, range 7 

 west, Montana; and Desecheo Island 

 Reservation, embracing Desecheo Island 

 in Mona Passage, Porto Rico. 



This brings the total number of Federal 

 Bird Reservations up to fifty-nine, and 

 is an eloquent commentary upon the 

 untiring energetic activity of Mr. Frank 

 Bond, of the District of Columbia Audu- 

 bon Society, who has been largely responsi- 

 ble for bringing to the President's attention 

 the desirability of establishing reservations 

 of this character, for many years. 



Among the many Audubon workers 

 who are now laboring in behalf of Senator 

 McLean's Bill for Federal Protection of 

 Migratory Birds, Miss Katharine H. 

 Stuart has been one of the most active. In 

 addition to securing the effective coopera- 

 tion of many of Virginia's most influential 

 men, she has not failed to arouse the 

 women of the state on the subject. The 

 following is one of the recent resolutions 

 adopted through her efforts: 



"Resolved, That the members of the 

 Women's Rivers and Harbors Congress 

 use their offices with their respective 

 Senators and Representatives, calling 

 upon them in person or through letter, 

 urging them to vote and work for the bill 

 now pending before both Houses of Con- 

 gress for federal control of migratory 

 birds, known as the McLean Bill. It 

 is Senate Bill 6597, and on the Senate 

 Calendar it is No. 606." 



The second printed annual report of the 

 New Jersey Audubon Society is a model 

 of its kind. 



It is a good thing not only to accomplish 

 results in state bird protection, but to 

 present them in such attractive printed 

 form that, by distribution throughout the 

 state and elsewhere, the public may be 

 informed of what is being done. 



In its two years of existence, the Society 

 has secured 10,485 members. 



