. Bird lore . adlighted on the back of a chair, raised his head, lowered his tail, and given aperfect demonstration of how the tea-kettle sang to the Cricket on the course we speculated every day as to where that bird who didnt ktiow hisown mind two minutes together would build. When my patience was nearly exhausted, it dawned on my intelligence thatthe Packard Chickadee house on the black walnut tree at the edge of mygarden, and only a step from my neighbors, was displaying a Wren name-plate in the shape of a stout twig placed in the doorway to bar all excitement in t
. Bird lore . adlighted on the back of a chair, raised his head, lowered his tail, and given aperfect demonstration of how the tea-kettle sang to the Cricket on the course we speculated every day as to where that bird who didnt ktiow hisown mind two minutes together would build. When my patience was nearly exhausted, it dawned on my intelligence thatthe Packard Chickadee house on the black walnut tree at the edge of mygarden, and only a step from my neighbors, was displaying a Wren name-plate in the shape of a stout twig placed in the doorway to bar all excitement in the garden! What a chance to study the nest and theyoung birds! We saw two Wrens going in with food in their bills and heardthe me! me! chorus that day and the day after, and the day after that wefound the house deserted by a family big enough to fly away in the early we were, intrigued, baffled, and cheated by that little play-actor. Willanyone take exception when I say the way of the Wren is deep?. ^otti from iFieltr anb ^tutip Bird-Banding Work Being Taken Overby the Biological Survey The Bureau of Biological Survey, atWashington, D. C, has taken over thework formerly carried on under the aus-pices of the Linnsean Society of New Yorkby the American Bird-Banding Associa-tion. In taking over this work, the Bureaufeels that it should express the debt thatstudents of ornithology in this country oweto Howard H. Cleaves for the devotion andsuccess with which he has conducted thisinvestigation up to a point where it hasoutgrown the possibilities of his personalsupervision. Under plans now being formulated, thiswork will give a great amount of invaluableinformation concerning the migration anddistribution of North American birds,which will be of direct service in the ad-ministration of the Migratory Bird TreatyAct, as well as of much general scientificinterest. It is desired to develop this work alongtwo principal lines: First, the trappingand banding of waterfowl, especi
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