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ous sheltered spots near the clumps of 
young evergreens. Early in the month 
of this last December, I saw a brilliant 
Kentucky cardinal hopping upon the 
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lower branches of a young white pine 
near one of these pans. Last winter a 
member of Colonel Lowden’s family 
regularly fed a pair of these cardinal 
birds on the ledge of a window in her 
sleeping room; and it would seem as if 
they have become resident in this lo¬ 
cality, as another pair of them have 
been seen at different times this win¬ 
ter several miles north of Sinnissippi 
Farm. This tract is set aside without 
any charge by the owners, but the 
State Game Warden, Mr. Dittmar, will 
pay from one cent to twenty per acre 
for tracts suitable for game preserves. 
Now, would it not be fine if these game 
preserves could he kept from hunters 
indefinitely. The State of Oregon has 
an excellent system of game preserves, 
under the efficient care of the State 
Game Warden, Mr. Finley, and the 
owner signs a strictly binding form of 
printed contract, to hold the matter. 
Rebecca H. Kauffman. 
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