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Two weeks later he went off with this group, remaining away for a 
week. We think he tried going south with them. I left a little pile of 
raisins out for him and we left the screen door open that he might come 
in to his bed on the porch, and oh! how we all did miss this little fellow. 
I even counted all of the raisins to be able to know if he took any, for 
at this time almost half of his diet was raisins. But each night when I 
came home all of the raisins were there. 
On a Saturday we closed the screen door, feeling that our Bobby was 
gone. The following Sunday, late in the evening, he came to the front 
door to be let in. As we opened the door he flew to the back door and 
came in the way he had been accustomed to coming in. 
He flew to his raisins and ate some of them, then went to bed. Next 
day I saw a stray robin in the trees, for at this time the last one had 
gone South. He came close to my home and sat calling a strange coax- 
ing call to which our bird answered. However, he did not seem anxious 
to follow this good looking robin and after two days the strange bird 
left. Bobby has been with us through the winter, going in and out of a 
small door at will. He stays because he wants to. On fine days he plays 
out at intervals all day, while on cold days he prefers the inside, a most 
interesting pet who retains all of his wild liberty, yet lives and accepts 
the comforts of our home. 
Thomas Gilbert Pearson Honored 
by University ot North Carolina 
Ne the closing exercises of the 129th Commencement of the Uni- 
versity of North Carolina, held on June 11, the honorary degree 
of doctor of laws was conferred on Thomas Gilbert Pearson. 
The president, bestowing the title, said in part, 
“This distinction is conferred upon you on account of your enthu- 
siasm, love, and zeal for the study and protection of bird life throughout 
the world. You have aroused a careless public to a keen interest in bird 
life; to an appreciation of the beauty of birds, and of their usefulness to 
man; you have directed that interest to the practical ends of bird pro- 
tection through your position as Secretary of the National Association 
of Audubon Societies from 1905 to 1918, as President in 1918; and as 
President of a World Committee for guarding bird life.” 
Born in Illinois, a student at Guilford College in 1897, and a B. S. 
graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1899, later a graduate 
student at Harvard University; Professor of Biology in Guilford College 
from 1899 to 1g01, professor of biology at the University of North 
Carolina College for Women, 1gol to 1905—he has spent the interven- 
ing years as explorer, lecturer, writer and administrator in the practical 
fields of ornithology. 
