. Bird-lore . ted mostly on various seeds andberries, occasionally scratching for in-sects among the leaves when snow per-mitted. Hermit Thrush.—One May 7, latestdate for last one seen by seven days. Bluebird.—First migrant seen March25. In common with other early springmigrants, was very late in arriving. Thisspecies was less rare than in the three pre-ceding- years. There were two records ofit breeding in the locality, first nestingrecords in four years at Orient.—RoyLatham, Orient, N. Y. Bird Life on the Border, as Seen by aNational Guardsman Most soldiers at the Border appreciateornitholog
. Bird-lore . ted mostly on various seeds andberries, occasionally scratching for in-sects among the leaves when snow per-mitted. Hermit Thrush.—One May 7, latestdate for last one seen by seven days. Bluebird.—First migrant seen March25. In common with other early springmigrants, was very late in arriving. Thisspecies was less rare than in the three pre-ceding- years. There were two records ofit breeding in the locality, first nestingrecords in four years at Orient.—RoyLatham, Orient, N. Y. Bird Life on the Border, as Seen by aNational Guardsman Most soldiers at the Border appreciateornithology more from the culinary thanthe naturalists point of view. Keen appe-tites, produced by long hikes, hard out- door work and often a deficient food-supply have caused the Dove (of whichthere are three common varieties: theMourning Dove, the White-winged Doveand the Mexican Ground Dove) and theBob-White to become the best-knownbirds in this vicinity. A small guard ofmen stationed at some outpost in charge. YOUNG MOCKINGBIRD AS A CAMP PET Photographed by Private L. I. Grinnell, Troop D, Squadron A, N. G. N. Y., McAUen, Texas. of water or food supplies, a shotgun bor-rowed from a nearby ranchman, and afew hours off between periods of guardduty have strengthened an acquaint-anceship with these two types of birds. As a matter of fact, however, next tothe Dove the most common bird in thisvicinity observed by the writer duringthe summer of 1916 was the WesternMockingbird. The accompanying illus-tration shows a young Western Mocking-bird, which was discovered hopping aroundin front of my tent. On being offered somecracker crumbs it became exceeding!}tame and perched on our hands and hats.—Private Lawrence I. Grinnell,Troop D, Squadron A, N. G. N. Y., Mc-AUen, Tex. A Stone Bird-Bath The accompanying photograph showsa bird-bath made by chiseling in a large Notes from Field and Study 145 stone a cavity which will hold twentyquarts of water. We put a squar esheetof slate, with roun
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