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the writer's privilege, on July 25, 1915, to hear a large number of long- 

 billed marsh wrens in full song in the middle of the night. For the 

 purpose of fishing for bullheads, I went by boat to Little Otter Creek, 

 where it winds through a large marsh just before emptying into Lake 

 Champlain at Ferrisburgh. The night was perfectly clear and still and 



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there was a full moon. The fishing party were on the creek from 9 

 o'clock until nearly 12, and every minute the birds were in full song. 

 There were scores of them, all singing with the same vim that might 

 be expected of them at sunrise. Part of another evening was spent in 

 the same place a few nights later while the moon was still bright, and 

 the birds were singing as before." 



Mr. A. E. Tuttle of Bellows Falls has submitted the suggestion that 

 all cemeteries should be made "bird sanctuaries," and that a law should 

 be enacted requiring that all cats should be licensed, or muzzled during 

 the summer. 



