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but it is certainly not hard to conjecture if the performance that we witnessed 

 was maintained any length of time. 



Maijy other such incidents could be related which have come under our 

 notice, but undoubtedly every ornithologist has had the same experience. 

 However, it goes to show the number of different lines along which this pest 

 does harm. Many hawks, such as the Red-shouldered, are not protected 

 because they are supposed to destroy song birds and make depredations on the 

 farmyard, but if a record could be kept of the devastation wrought by the 

 Cowbird, it would probably be found to rank first in the work of murder 

 in the bird world. 



Detroit, Mich. J. Wilbur Kay. 



NOTICE. 



The Annual Meeting^ of the M. O. C. will be held in the U. of M. 

 Museum, at Ann Arbor, on April 1, 1905. Those intending- to present 

 papers will please send, as early as possible, the title, to J. Wilbur 

 Kay, 62 Seldon Avenue, Detroit, Mich. 



