Per ae OB. OUNG BULL ers iN 33 
Go 
of two or more sets of eggs before a brood is brought forth is doubtless 
the regular occurrence. 
The Biological Survey takes the attitude that on game farms and on 
‘reservations where both time and money are spent to maintain bird life 
in more than normal numbers, control of certain injurious species, in- 
cluding the crow, is warranted and even necessary. Government 
experts have done considerable experimental work and advise control 
measures in localities where the birds are injurious to crops. On the 
other hand, a careful study of the economic status of the crow demon- 
strates that over much of its range the bird probably does as much 
good as harm, and under some conditions its usefulness is pronounced. 
A full discussion of the crow’s worth is given in Farmers’ Bulletin 1102, 
The Crow in Its Relation to Agriculture, obtainable on application to 
the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
The Kinglets 
N April the 14th I heard a tiny lisping sound and I knew the king- 
lets had arrived. I was returning from a neighbor’s house, and step- 
ping upon the mat on my front porch I heard something flutter and there 
on the trellis, not a foot away from where I stood, was a female golden- 
crown. I stood and talked to it several minutes, during which time it 
turned and faced me, looking directly at me. It then flew to a neighbor- 
ing tree. I came in and opened my kitchen door and there at my feet 
was another one. I stooped down beside it and am quite sure I could 
have picked it up. It remained there about two minutes and then flew 
toacherry tree. To me this was a very strange and beautiful experience. 
I wonder if there are any bird-lovers who can account for it. The only 
conclusion I can reach is that they had just reached their destination 
after migration and were resting, but it seemed a strange place to rest 
when trees are plentiful near by. 
On April 18th, I discovered a horned lark right outside of my kitchen 
window. They live on the farm across the road all winter, but I have 
never seen one so near a house, as they seem very shy. 
Fach spring of the year surely brings us many new and happy 
experiences. 
Mrs. Roy CrypDer, 
200 Blanchard Ave., Wheaton, Illinois, May 5, 1924. 
