. Bird lore . von Ber- What Birds Will Nest in Houses The undersigned takes this opportunityto thank those who have responded tohis request, in a previous issue of Bird-Lore, for experience in attracting birdsaround houses, for use in the preparationof a pamphlet on this subject for the Au-dubon Society. He makes one more re-quest regarding a special point. In thisconnection. He has found only one recordof each of the following species nestingin bird-houses,—Screech Owl, Carolina (225) 226 Bird - Lore Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, CrestedFlycatcher, and no record of any of theWoodpeckers or Nuth
. Bird lore . von Ber- What Birds Will Nest in Houses The undersigned takes this opportunityto thank those who have responded tohis request, in a previous issue of Bird-Lore, for experience in attracting birdsaround houses, for use in the preparationof a pamphlet on this subject for the Au-dubon Society. He makes one more re-quest regarding a special point. In thisconnection. He has found only one recordof each of the following species nestingin bird-houses,—Screech Owl, Carolina (225) 226 Bird - Lore Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, CrestedFlycatcher, and no record of any of theWoodpeckers or Nuthatches using arti-ficial houses for nesting. The undersignedwill be very grateful to hear from any onewho has had any experiences with thenesting of any of these birds around theirhomes.—Gtlbert H. Trafton, Clifton,N. J. Protection for Snowy Herons The very important discovery made byMr. Herbert R. Sass, that the Snowy Heronhad reestablished itself in South Carolina,as reported on pages 160-162 of the cur-. GREAT BLUE HERON Flashlight by Wetmore Hodges, on Conway Lake, Mich. rent volume of Bird-Lore, will entailupon this Association a very considerableexpense, which will have to be providedfor before the breeding season of the problem of safeguarding thesetwo important colonies will not be a diffi-cult one, yet it will necessitate a consider-able expenditure of money, as it will benecessary to either lease the breedinggrounds or purchase them. The FederalGovernment does not own any land inthe thirteen original states, and, therefore,cannot make reservations in any of addition to the amount necessary forpurchase or rental, it will also be necessary for us to employ two wardens, as thecolonies are so far apart that one wardencannot give them proper protection. Isthere not some member of the Associationor some reader of Bird-Lore who willbe willing to furnish the funds neededfor purchase, rental and care ? The num-bers of Snowy Herons that are still leftin t
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