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of smooth lath just one inch from 

 edge, use this similar to larger pat- 

 tern, only cutting half way through 

 cardboard on three sides; now cut out 

 two back corners with scissors, turn 

 up your three sides. Next cut up your 

 quarter inch pine into pieces 1x4 

 inches, tack the sides and bottom with 

 1 oz. lasting tacks from your shoe- 

 maker, cut strips wrapping paper 1 

 inch wide and paste around the back 

 corners. Next cut the data pockets 

 from the wrapping paper about 3x5 

 inches. These cover two-thirds of tray 

 bottom, the bare third being towards 

 the wooden front. Now cut a gener- 

 ous piece from two rear corners, soak 

 them in water, then paste the edges 

 on three sides, but get no paste on bot- 

 tom as this would prevent the data 

 from being inserted. Now cut the 

 wrappers 19x2 inches long, paste a 

 board, lay wrapper on it, paste that 

 and lay on another and paste that until 

 you have a pile; allow them to soak. 

 This makes them pliable; draw them 

 snugly around tray lapping at back, 

 take sharp scissors cut two perpen- 

 dicular cuts at front quarter inch 

 apart, nip off bottom corners folding 

 back top corners, pressing them in 

 with back of knife. 



Trays made this way hold data 

 blanks, have a place for name and 

 numbers complete, nothing gets lost. 

 Data blanks should be pasted to ticket 

 board to give best results. 



A. W. Hansford. 

 Los Angeles, Cal. 



Vultures. 



After reading Mr. Pope's article in 

 the September OOLOGIST, I decided 

 to write something of the Vultures of 

 this section. Vultures, both the Cath- 

 artes aura and the Catharista urubu, 

 are very abundant in this section of 

 Rutherford county. It is probably the 

 same in surrounding counties. Our 



Vultures are very interesting birds, 

 and I delight in studying them. There 

 is a slaughter house on the river a 

 short distance from town, and almost 

 any time one may observe from a 

 small number to several hundreds of 

 these birds sitting around on the 

 buildings; or circling in the air above 

 them. They are so plentiful that at 

 almost any time they may be seen fly- 

 ing over above the town, or circling 

 high in the air. Because of their 

 abundance it is difficult to say posi- 

 tively if they are decreasing in num- 

 bers. But I am. almost certain that 

 they are not so plentiful as they were 

 five years ago. I never hear of a Vul- 

 ture being killed in this locality. There 

 was a law providing for a fine for kill- 

 ing these birds; but since the passage 

 of the law enforcing burial of all car- 

 casses, I suppose the former law is as 

 good as repealed. And soon the gun- 

 ners will be shooting the Vultures be- 

 cause they afford a splendid flying 

 target. If our Vultures are becoming 

 victims of the fools with the guns, 

 then something must be done, quick. 

 It will not take long to destroy these 

 birds. I shall certainly work to pre- 

 vent the slaughter of these birds in 

 this localitly. I would be delighted to 

 correspond with Mr. Pope and others 

 on this subject. 



Charles F. Moore. 

 Cliffside, N. C. 



Abundant Bird Life in Rutherford 

 County. 



This locality seemed to be more 

 abundant in bird-life in the season of 

 1916 than formerly. There has been a 

 decrease in some species however. Es- 

 pecially in water fowl has the in- 

 crease been most marked. There were 

 numerous water fowl on the river that 

 1 could not get the time to identify, 

 having only Saturday and Sunday af- 

 ternoons for the study of birds. These 



