B Y THE WA YSJDE 
feathers on top of head, the rest grayish 
brown lightly streaked with black; 
length—7.5 inches. 
American Crossbill: General color, 
Indian red; head shaded with olive, back 
and shoulders brown with red edgings to 
feathers; beak crossed at tip; length—6 
inches. 
Pine Grosbeak: Heavy bill; above 
general color strawberry-red; wings and 
tail brown; below reddish, turning gray¬ 
ish green on belly; length—9 to 10 inches. 
Evening Grosbeak: Heavy black bill; 
head and shoulders greenish yellow shad¬ 
ing to gray; end of wings and tail black; 
female more gray; length—9 to 10 inches. 
Cedar Waxwing: Above grayish cin¬ 
namon; crest, breast, throat, wings and 
tail, purplish cinnamon; black line 
through eye to back of crest, end of tail 
white; red spot on wing; length—6 to 7 
inches. 
Bohemian Waxwing: Color general 
reddish-gray; black on throat and fore¬ 
head: red spot on wing, larger crest than 
Cedar waxwing; length—8 inches. 
Canada Jay: Ash color above; smoky 
gray below; whitish breast and neck, no 
crest; length—10 inches. 
White Breasted Nuthatch: Above 
slate blue, top of head and nape, black; 
tail short and body compact; bill long 
and dark; clings to sides of trees; length 
—5 to 6 inches. 
Horned Lark: Upper parts brown 
with pinkish cast; black crescent on 
breast; black bar on front of head ex¬ 
tending to side of head forming two little 
horns; length—7 to 8 inches. 
The White Badge of Cruelty. 
The following article was taken from 
Bird Lore for March-April, 1906, and it 
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is well for all followers of fashion to re¬ 
member that this year there are many 
more varieties of high-priced feathers 
that can come under this title, ‘‘White 
Badge of Cruelty.” 
“In view of the decision of the courts 
in regard to foreign 'birds, to which at¬ 
tention is called above, we sincere!}' hope 
that the wishes of the Millinery Trade 
Review that ‘there will be no let-up’ in 
the contest between the .dealers in 
aigrettes and the Audubon Societies may 
be fully gratified. 
“As for the ‘women and girls’ whose 
rights, if we are to believe the Review are 
being violated, they have no more right 
to encourage a traffic which is speedily 
bringing to extinction one of nature’s 
most beautiful creatures than they have 
a right to commit any other wanton dep¬ 
redation which will rob those who come 
after us of their heritage in nature, and 
we suggest that no more fitting term can 
be applied to the bunch of aigrettes, 
which apparently women can be pre¬ 
vented from wearing, not by an appeal 
to their sympathies and alleged tender¬ 
heartedness, but only by the strong arm 
of the law, than to designate them the 
White Badge of Cruelty. —Ed. 
The Hermit Thrush. 
by Elizabeth West 
When woods are deep and twilight dim, 
where long 
Adoring pines lift clustered revereut spires, 
A call, a hush, a note without a mar, 
It climbs—and climbs—and falls from some 
far star, 
It thrills and tills and stills unknown desires, 
The hermit thrush begins his evensong. 
—Appleton’s Magazin 
