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One Christmas, over forty years ago, 
my grandfather sent to me, from Colo¬ 
rado, a real Indian bow and arrows. It 
was a beautiful bow with a sinew string 
and wrapped in the middle and at the 
ends with sinews. The arrow heads 
were iron spikes, bound in place with 
wrapping of fine sinews. The. eagle 
feathers tips were also bound with sin¬ 
ews. 
It was a beautiful, snow-clad Christ¬ 
mas morning, and I remember how I 
yearned to go with this bow and arrows 
into the cedar grove to shoot the birds 
feeding there. This yearning must 
have expressed itself in some way, for 
I distinctly remember how a man with 
my bow and arrows led the way, and I 
in restrained delight followed him to 
the cedar grove. T remember how he 
maneuvered among the trees, and with 
keen eyes watched for an opportunity 
to fnake; a shot. 
lie stopped, whispered to me, pointed 
to a bird in the trunk of a cedar. Rais¬ 
ing the bow, it bent taught under his 
firm, cautious pull. “Whiz” went the 
arrow, and there, pinned to the tree 
with the iron spike, fluttered a hairy 
woodpecker. To my wondering child- 
mind it was a great feat—my inherent 
instinct for hunting the wild approved 
and applauded. 
That very phase of human nature is 
what we are now trying to eliminate 
from the present and coming genera¬ 
tion. 
Pittsburgh Parks as Bird Sanctuaries 
Prof. P. S. Webster, formerly Super¬ 
intendent ot* the Newsboys’ Home and 
taxidermist to the Carnegie Institute, 
has been appointed working ornitholo¬ 
gist of the city of Pittsburgh, Pa. Part 
of his duties in Iris new position will be 
to encourage birds to remain in the city 
parks by providing food and nesting 
places and taking such other measures 
as may be necessary. 
It is worthy of notice that the North 
Dakota Agricultural College has devoted 
its November “Extension” bulletin to a 
guide for bird study. 
We are not receiving enough letters 
from youthful observers. 
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