trap, reached through a small door at the rear ; over the point 

 of this nail is caught a loop of wire running from the cross^ 

 arms, which in turn holds the door up when the trap is baited 

 and set. The slightest attempt on the part of the cat to re- 

 move the meat, removes the wire loop which allows the door 

 to fall. 



To kill the cat a sponge saturated with an ounce of 

 chloroform is inserted through the small rear door, and in 

 half an hour's time the trap is ready to be reset. 



Red squirrels, destroyers of both eggs and young birds, 

 can best be kept in check with a gun. They are not protected 

 by law and their destruction is recommended by the Biolog- 

 ical Survey as well as other authorities on bird life conserva- 

 tion. 



Concluding these suggestions of methods to be used to 

 attract the birds about the home, the writer, desiring to give 

 credit to the pioneers of conservation from which he has 

 drawn his information from time to time, refers the reader to 

 the following list of publications relating to this subject: 



List of Publications Relating to Bird Life Conservation. 



Methods of Attracting Birds. By Gilbert H. Trafton. 

 Our Vanishing Bird Life. By Dr. William T. Hornaday. 

 How to Attract and Protect Wild Birds. By Martin Hieseman. 

 Useful Birds and Their Protection. By Edward H. Forbush. 

 Wild Bird Guests. By Ernest Harold Baynes. 



Wild Life Conservation in Theory and Practice, By Dr. William T. 

 Hornaday and F. C. Walcott. 



The Propagation of Wild Birds. By Herbert K. Job. 



Pamphlets. 



The Cat: What Shall We Do With It? By M. S. and L. A. Lacey. 



The English Sparrow as a Pest. By Ned Dearborn. Farmers' Bul- 

 letin No. 493. 



Some Common Birds in Their Relation to Agriculture. By F. E. L. 

 Beal. Farmers' Bulletin No. 630. 



Bird Houses, and How to Make Them. By Ned Dearborn. Farm- 

 ers' Bulletin No. 609. 



How to Attract Birds in the Northeastern States. By W. L. McAtee. 

 Farmers' Bulletin No. 621. 



The Economic Value of Birds to the State. By Frank M. Chapman. 



Second Report of the Meriden Bird Club, Meriden, N. H. 



Report of the Brush Hill Bird Club, Milton, Mass. 



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