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On the subject of protection and attraction of birds about the home, 

 among the great mass of literature available, the following can be specially 

 recommended : 



How to Attract and Protect Wild Birds, by Martin Hiesmann: Witherby & Co., London, 

 Is. 6d. 



This is an extended account of the methods pursued by Baron von Berlepsch in 

 Germany and gives numerous methods by which the end can be obtained on both 

 large and small estates. 



Wild Bird Guests, by Harold Baynes: B. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1915, $2. 



This gives a most interesting and readable account of the method pursued by 

 the writer and his friends whereby they made Meriden, New Hampshire, a veritable 

 model bird village, where the birds became as familiar and friendly as household pets, 

 coming when called and alighting freely upon the person. It is beautifully illustrated 

 with numerous photographs showing both methods and results. 



The Domestic Cat, by Edward H. Forbush, State Ornithologist, Mass.: State Board of 

 Agriculture, Bulletin No. 2, 1916. 



This is an exhaustive treatment of the house cat in its relation to wild-bird life. 



Bird Houses and How to Build Them, by Ned Dearborn: United States Department of 

 Agriculture, Farmer's Bulletin No. 609. Address, Department of Public Documents, 

 Washington, D.C. Cost about ten cents. 



On the subject of the English Sparrow as a pest the following can be 

 recommended : 



The English Sparrow in North America, by Walter B. Barrows: Bull. No. 1, U.S. Dept. 

 of Agriculture, 1889, pp. 405. 



How to Destroy the English Sparrow, by Ned Dearborn: Farmer's Bulletin No. 383, 

 U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1910. 



The English Sparrow as a Pest, by Ned Dearborn : Farmer's Bulletin No. 493, U.S. Dept. 

 of Agriculture, 1912. 



These reports give the English Sparrow a fair trial and an honest conviction, and 

 suggest various means of keeping its number under control. 



KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN CANADA. 



Explanation. 



In zoological descriptions a "key" is a device by which a specimen 

 can be gradually referred from larger to smaller groups by picking out 

 salient characters and thus finally fixing its specific identity. 



The key here published is a modification of one originated by Mr. 

 Frank M. Chapman and Mr. Ernest Thompson Seton and published in 

 the former's "Handbook to the Birds of Eastern North America." It is 

 hoped that it will be found of great assistance to the beginner. One 

 advantage of this key is that it is independent of the varying characters 

 of age, sex, or season, and may be used in regard to juveniles and females 

 as well as to adult male specimens. 



The method of its use is as follows. Given a bird of unknown species, 

 to determine its name, it is first compared with the first heading in black 

 type numbered in Roman numerals — I, Feet Fully Webbed. If this 

 description does not fit the bird, the next roman numeral heading is 

 referred to— II, Feet Partly Webbed, or III, Feet Without Pronounced 

 Web. Assuming that the last correctly describes the bird, we refer to the 



