50 THE AUDUBON “BULLE RES 
The Department of Agriculture of the State of Massachusetts has 
issued many valuable bulletins which have to do with bird conservation. 
Bulletin No. 112: 
“Bird Houses and Nesting Boxes” contains 28 pages of text and 
illustrations which should be of great assistance to anyone desiring to 
provide homes for the birds. 
Bulletin No. 117: 
“Plants that Attract and Shelter Birds and Some that Protect Cul- 
tivated Fruits.” 
In this bulletin there has been carefully compiled a list of plants 
that bear fruits, and it tells where they should be planted. 
These bulletins may be purchased at 10 cents each from Illinois 
Audubon Society. 
Are birds Frightened or Injured 
Through Banding? 
WHITE-THROATED sparrow, after being trapped by Mr. Lyon, 
returned to the same trap and was caught eight times more on 
the same day. 
A fox sparrow was trapped 165 times during a winter season, and 
scolded vociferously when taken out of the trap. 
An immature male towhee was trapped over 100 times in 60 days. 
T here are a few accidents to birds in banding, but they are less than 
Yo of 1%. The value of the information gained through banding is in- 
finitely greater than that gained through collecting with a gun; and no 
birds'are ever killed intentionally. 






Photo by Ruthven Deane 
OVERLOOKING Saco Bay, MAINE 
