THE BIRD STUDY BOOK 



bodies left in pyramids to fester in the sun. 

 One might recount stories of Bluebirds and 

 Robins shot on the very lawns of peaceful, bird- 

 loving citizens of our Eastern States in order 

 that the feathers might be spirited away to feed 

 the insatiable appetite of the wholesale milliner 

 dealers. Never have birds been worn in this 

 country in such numbers as in those days. Ten 

 or fifteen small song birds' skins were often sewed 

 on a single hat ! 



fVhat the Ladies Wore.—\n 1886 Dr. Frank M. 

 Chapman walked through the shopping district of 

 New York City on his way home, two afternoons 

 in succession, and carefully observed the feather 

 decorations on the hats of the women he chanced to 

 meet. The result of his observation, as reported 

 to Forest and Stream, shows that he found in common 

 use as millinery trimming many highly esteemed 

 birds as the following list which he wrote down at 

 the time will serve to show : 



Robins, Thrushes, Bluebirds, Tanagers, Swallows, 

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