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things offered it, black alder berries, of which there are many in the 

 vicinity, seeming to satisfy its appetite. 



William C. Horton of Brattleboro, who has kept a bird record for a 

 number of years, listed 90 species in 1914. Up to January 22 he had 

 had 12 species at his winter feeding table. Notable among these were 

 a song-sparrow and a field sparrow, exceedingly rare even in southern 

 Vermont in winter. 



Mr. Horton seconds the expression of A. E. Tuttle of Bellows Palls 

 in Vermont Bird Club, Bulletin No. 8, against the house cat. He 

 writes: "I have observed the work of cats catching young birds. They 

 do their worst work when the fledglings are just off the nest. I hope 

 that in the near future there will be a law, covering Mr. Tuttle's views 

 in regard to cats. The red squirrel and the blue jay are bad enemies 

 to young birds. Since I began shooting these pests on my place I 

 have had double the number of birds formerly found here." 



New plants reported for the West River Valley in 1914 by Leston 

 A. Wheeler of Townshend are: Cerastium nutans, Rubus triflorus, Viola 

 rostrata, Pinus rigida, Sorbaria sorbifolia, Myosotis arvensis, Staphylca 

 trifolia, Rubus canadensis, R. permixtus, Sagina procumbens, Lysimachia 

 producta, Botrychium ramosum, B. lanceolatum var. angustisegment- 

 um, Taraxicum erythrospermum, Desmodium paniculatum, Pyrola 

 chlorantha, Chrysanthemum parthenium, Tanacetum vulgare var. oris- 

 pum, Carex formosa and 8o?ichus oleraceus. 



