(.<.Y.T...3) 
In connection with the increase of Island birds tlr. V/otmore 
suggests the {^roat desirability of providing them with more shel- 
ter Uian tliey now have. The gracklos and yellow- shouldered black- 
birds, for instance, nost and roost in the palms. Can not the in- 
dividual owners of plantations bo sufficiently interested in the 
rrjatter to plant along the roads leading throug^i the cane fields 
royal palms? The Island kingbirds appear to be very useful, and 
they need small trees as perches from which to watch for insects. 
Bamboos planted along the strearas and the drainage ditches would 
not only favor the three species mentioned above but v/ould also 
provide slielter from the sun for the green herons and anis. For 
mockingbirds small brushy areas are essential; but these need 
not be of any great size, and if hilltops unfit for cane or other 
cultivation bo left and not denuded of brush they v/ill answer 
well. 
Ur. Wetraore further suggests that aion, 
tions should bo placed upon the total clearing of areas of man- 
groves by the charcoal burners, and especial care should be taken 
not to disturb the rookeries of herons - the snowy, littlo blue 
and little green species. At the present rate of destruction the 
first tv/o of those will be practically extinct in a fev/ years 
more, unless stops are taken to protect them. 
If those preliminary suggestions can be made to bear fruit, 
we feel sure that the ravages of the tlay beetle can be materially 
lessened and recourse to hand picking correspondingly reduced. 
Very truly yours, 
LL 
Chief, Biological durvey 
