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should recognize them as friends and fel¬ 
low workers. 
Nay, more, it is time that something 
should be done for the birds to repay 
them for what they have suffered at the 
hands of man, their natural protector 
and friend, as well as for the long faith¬ 
ful service they have rendered to man in 
field, garden orchard and farm. 
While in many states laws have been 
passed for their protection and preserva¬ 
tion we have only as yet a few sugges¬ 
tions of a practical nature from a few 
Bird Commissioners calling attention to 
the sufferings of birds during summers 
of great drought and winters of unusual 
severity. 
The Bird Commissioner of Rhode Is¬ 
land suggests that for them a small sup¬ 
ply of grain, or sweepings of a haymow, 
be made accessible. Feed-boxes might 
be furnished and nailed to the trees. 
Birds are worth millions of money to 
the people of our country. We cannot 
afford to lose them. Sparrows, robins, 
blue jays, black birds, catbirds, larks, 
whippoorwills and orioles,, we would 
keep them all to the end of the catalog. 
The annihilation of a single species 
would be a distinct loss to the w T orld of 
song, the world of beauty or the world of 
use. J. F. Arnold, 
Co. Supt. of Schools. 
Winter Birds. 
The following birds are found during 
the winter in Wisconsin. They may not 
be seen in the same localities every win¬ 
ter, nor may all of them be seen in every 
part of the state. 
Herring Gull: Back and wings deep 
pearl gray; head, tail, and under parts 
white; outer feathers of wings mostly 
black; length—25 inches. 
Long-eared Owl: Blackish ear tufts; 
upper parts dusky brown, spotted with 
ash and dull orange; under parts mixed 
white and buff; breast has long stripes; 
length—14 to 16 inches. 
Short-eared Owl: Ear tufts inconspic¬ 
uous; otherwise much like long-eared 
owl; length—14 to 17 inches. 
Screech Owl: Upper parts rusty red 
streaked with blackish brown; under 
parts whitish or buff; prominent ear 
tufts. Sometimes these birds are ashen 
gray streaked with black and yellow; 
length—8 to 10 inches. 
Downy Woodpecker: Black-spotted 
white, under parts whitish; length—6 to 
7 inches. 
Crow: Gloss black; length—16 to 17 
inches. 
Blue Jav: Blue above, black band 
around the neck; many of its feathers 
tipped with white or black; head crested; 
length—11 to 12 inches. 
Tree Sparrow: Crown of head bright 
chestnut; brown back with feathers edged 
with buff; two whitish wing bars; breast 
gray with indistinct black spot on cen¬ 
ter; length—6 to 7 inches. 
Junco: Upper parts slate, gray on 
breast like a vest; whitish below, outer 
tail feathers white; length—5 to 6 inches. 
Chickadee: Crown, nape, and throat 
black; above bluish gray; under parts 
whitish; some white on wings; length— 
5 to 6 inches. * 
Red Poll: Crimson wash on head, 
neck, back, and breast, but only 
pink when we see him in the winter; 
sparrow feathers show under the wash; 
length—5.5 inches. 
Snow Flake: Head, neck, and under 
parts soiled white; few reddish brown 
