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by the flicker they were putting up a 

 great but successful fight for their 

 rights. I watched this fight and won- 

 dered wliat the thoughts of this pair 

 of blue-birds would be when they 

 again became sole possessors of the 

 post. A few days later I found Mr. 

 and Mrs. Bluebird happily building 

 their nest. There I suffered them to 

 raise their brood of four young undis- 

 turbed by myself for I thought that 

 they had had trouble enough to retain 

 their home. 



Mr. Elmer Ufford, 

 Oberlin, Kansas. 



Lakewood, Ohio Cats Are to Wear 

 Bells and Tags 



Cats are being registered in Lake- 

 wood, 



All must be registered and licenses 

 obtained by owners by July 2 under 

 a new ordinance. 



Female cat licenses will cost $1; 

 male licenses, 50 cents. 



Owners must provide their cats 

 with collar, bell and license tags. 



Birds Very Plentiful 



While out in the woods yesterday 

 (January 28th) looking for perches to 

 mount some birds on, and while cut- 

 ting one, I paused for a few minutes 

 to wipe perspiration from my face, 

 and upon looging up I could count 

 the following species of birds singing 

 over head. I would like^to have given 

 the readers an accurate count of in- 

 dividuals but owing to the fact that 

 my time was limited, I was compelled 

 to leave without counting them. 



The following species were observed 

 without moving out of my foot tracks, 

 viz: American Goldfinch, American 

 Robin, Bob-white Quail, Carolina 

 Wrens, Blue Jays, Downy Woodpeck- 

 ers, Pink-sided Juncos, Golden-crowned 

 Kinglets, Myrtle Warblers, White 



Breasted Nuthatch, Red shouldered 

 Hawk. 



The birds this year around Mar- 

 shall are unusually plentiful, about 

 two and one half more this year than 

 last year. The purple Finches are 

 more plentiful now than I ever saw 

 them, also the Gold Finches. 



Earl E. Moffat, 

 Marshall, Texas. 



Phalaroidae 



Phalaroes 



All of the Phalaroes have been ob- 

 served in this part of the State, name- 

 ly the Red, North and Wilson Phala- 

 ropes. They have very dense plumage 

 and lobate feet, and are exceedingly 

 good swimmers, and according to 

 Chapman, the noted ornithologist, 

 while feeding, whirling about in the 

 shallow water to stir up the minute 

 insects from the bottom, and seizing 

 them as they are swept about in the 

 little whirlpool thus created. 



The females are larger and more 

 brightly colored than the males. They 

 do the courting and turn over the 

 duties of incubation to the male. — In 

 this instance they reverse the usual 

 order. 



To our knowledge the Red Phala- 

 rope has in our locality been seen by 

 James Savage October 1892, October 

 1896, November 1897 and September 

 1904. 



The Northern or Rednecked Phala- 

 rope breeds in high latitudes and mi- 

 grates southward in winter to temper- 

 ate and tropical regions. It is our 

 commonest Phalarope and has been 

 observed by James Savage in October 

 1889 and September 1894. 



The Wilson Phaladope has been 

 mentioned as being very rare near 

 near Buffalo by De Kay in 1844 and 

 by Rev. J. Hibbert Langille in "Our 

 Birds and Their Haunts" in 1884. 



All the Phalaropes have beautiful 



