. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . een a part of the collectionformed during the 80s by S. B. Ladd. R. , Lacon, 111. The Oologist. Vol. XXX. No. 2, Albion, N. Y. Feb. 15, 1913. Whole No. 307 Owned and Published Monthly, by R. M. Barnes, Albion, , and Lacon, III. ^y A PROMISE ^y ©By Rachel West Clement. ^S\ The driving mist obscures the view, ^K^ CBut high on yonder tree I see ^K\ A robin tilting in the breeze, ^^ j As he pours forth his melody. ^—/ CThe chilly day is at its close, ^^ j ^_^ What joy was mine the whole day long, ^-/ ^B\ As oer the patter
. The Oölogist for the student of birds, their nests and eggs . een a part of the collectionformed during the 80s by S. B. Ladd. R. , Lacon, 111. The Oologist. Vol. XXX. No. 2, Albion, N. Y. Feb. 15, 1913. Whole No. 307 Owned and Published Monthly, by R. M. Barnes, Albion, , and Lacon, III. ^y A PROMISE ^y ©By Rachel West Clement. ^S\ The driving mist obscures the view, ^K^ CBut high on yonder tree I see ^K\ A robin tilting in the breeze, ^^ j As he pours forth his melody. ^—/ CThe chilly day is at its close, ^^ j ^_^ What joy was mine the whole day long, ^-/ ^B\ As oer the patter of the rain ^E\ ^f J I paused to marvel at his song. ^^ J CWhat ecstasy is in that laugh! ^K\ For laugh it really seems to be— ^f j ^_^ As he rocks gaily in the breeze, ^^;^ ^K\ And sings again his song to me. ^K\ ^^^ It is the trill of joy he gives! ^^g^ ^■N And cheerfulness within me springs. ^B\ ^F^ J Tho wintry blasts may threaten me, ^F ) ^S^ Tis hope and cheer his coming brings! ^^c D €) €) €€)€)€C©€€)C€)©©€ 18 THE OOLOQIST. H mZ 2<< a: X m Q 2<J OliiW O 30 Q THE OOLOGIST 19 Domesticating Wild Fowl. Many of our readers know that TheEditor of THE OOLOGIST has foryears been endeavoring to demonstratethat the ordinary breeds of NorthAmerican Wild fowl may, with propersurroundings and reasonable attentionto detail, be domesticated. This inour judgment is the only solution forthe wild fowl question. The great in-crease in gunners, the wonderful out-put and improvement in the variousmachines of death, the extraordinarymanufacture of cartridges and all man-ner of improved paraphernalia for thepurpose of luring the birds to theirdeath, will ultimately exterminate allof the wild fowl on this continent un-less something is done. From one blind within twentymiles of the writers home, 1200 duckswere slaughtered in the fall of 1912,all being shot over wooden decoysamong which were placed live callducks. The birds cannot stand thischaracter of pe
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