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A Michigan Bulletin
The Michigan Audubon Society has
issued a large folder containing an appeal
to the public to feed the birds. A synopsis
of the state game-laws is given, also a short
list of bird-books, a story purporting to
have been written by a cat, and other notes
and news. There is no indication that this
is to be followed by other publications of a
like character, but, should it be succeeded
with other issues as interesting as this one.
BIRD-COLONY OF J. H. LARKIN, SOUTH
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. THE BOXES
ARE MADE OF PAINT-PAILS.
we should all be glad. Our criticism of it,
as an Audubon pamphlet, is that it bears
no date of publication, and its pages are
too large to render its filing convenient
with other books and circulars of a like
character.
A Bird-Box Experiment
The Association's Department of Ap-
plied Ornithology conducted an experiment
in bird-boxes at Cold Spring Harbor,
Long Island, last summer. Forty-four
boxes were secured from a well-known
dealer, and erected in suitable places
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under the direction of Herbert K. Job.
After they were once put in position they
were not molested, nor was any effort
made to disturb the unwelcome occupants
that in some cases took advantage of the
hospitality thus offered. We wanted to
see just what would happen without any
interference. A census taken during the
nesting season revealed the fact that only
two of the boxes were known to be unoc-
cupied. The character of the life that
inhabited four others was not determined.
The following is a list of the tenants
as known.
Bluebird i
Flicker i
Starling 3
House Wren 9
English Sparrow 17
Yellowjacket i
Black Wasp .
5
Flying Squirrel i
A Conservation Dinner
The Game Conservation Society gave
a "Wild Duck Dinner" at the Hotel Astor,
New York, December 14, 1915. There
was present a large representative body
of men interested in the conservation of
American game-birds. As the National
Association is actively encouraging the
public to increase wildfowl by artificial
means, the Secretary was very glad to be
present, and to respond to a toast on the
subject.
The general effect of the dinner was to
increase the interest of those present in
the matter of producing more wild Ducks
and upland game-birds, with a view not
only to augmenting the food supply, but
to increasing the wild stock through the
liberation of many of these birds raised
under restraint.
A Junior Publication
A Junior Audubon Class in Logan
School, Minneapolis, has begun the pub-
lication of a magazine. Owaissa, they call
it after the Indian name for Bluebird, as
given by Longfellow in "Hiawatha." The
first issue contains twenty-five pages,
devoted to various bird-study and bird-