. Bird-lore . ngface of the camera only two feet away. Myroom was now being converted into a photo-graphic studio, but all my customers came inthrough the window! When out in the vard, the Nuthatch would lly down and eat from the top of my also would tome down the tree trunk andfeed from my hand. I took some pictures ofhim doing this, pressing the bulb with myother hand. (When I was feeding the Nut-hatch, with nothing between me and the bird,I could not help but think of Bird-Loresmotto, but must confess that I thought for thetime being that A bird in the hand is worthtwo in the bush)
. Bird-lore . ngface of the camera only two feet away. Myroom was now being converted into a photo-graphic studio, but all my customers came inthrough the window! When out in the vard, the Nuthatch would lly down and eat from the top of my also would tome down the tree trunk andfeed from my hand. I took some pictures ofhim doing this, pressing the bulb with myother hand. (When I was feeding the Nut-hatch, with nothing between me and the bird,I could not help but think of Bird-Loresmotto, but must confess that I thought for thetime being that A bird in the hand is worthtwo in the bush) These little exjjeriences which I had withthe Nuthatch, go to show what can be donewith a wild bird when its confidence is won the confidence of Teddy (as we calledhim), and he knew that he would not beharmed or even frightened if he came nearme, and therefore he came into my room andfed from my hand with very little fear. Teddywas a friend whom I shall never forget.—EinviN C. Brown. Minneapolis, \ SELF-SUPPLVIXG LUXCH-COUXTER iloob J^eto0 ant) 2^etoietD0 The Birds of Iowa. By RudolphMartin Anderson, Proc. DavenportAcademy Sciences, xi, 1906, pp. 125-388. Familiarity with the literature of his sub-iect, access to pertinent collections, the coop-eration of other workers, and an extendedpersonal field experience, combined with anevident grasp of his thesis, have enabled to produce an admirable treatise onIowa birds. An introduction of twenty pages containssections entitled Scope, Historical Work,Relative Abundance, Breeding, Food,Migration, Range in Iowa, Topographyof Iowa, Climate of Iowa, Faunal Areas,and Contributors. We wish that there hadalso been included here some discussion ofthe changes which have occurred in the char-acter of the Iowa ornis incident to the tillageof prairies, drainage of sloughs, planting oftrees and increase of population. In this con-nection, we may also suggest the desira-bility of placing in a separate list thosespecies wh
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