. Bird lore . note the color of the iris. Itfrequently comes to the window-sill whenobservers are within three feet of thefeeding-place. Mrs. L. A. Cressy and a neighbor, uponwhose bounty one of the birds has beensubsisting, believes that three of thebirds have visited the food-tables, but I think that not more than two have beenseen at one time. A gentleman who haskept caged Mockingbirds declares thata pair of the birds nested in a near-bycemetery last summer, but I have beenunable to ascertain what is the basis forthe statement.—Edward P. St. John,President Hartford Bird Study Cliih. A Fire
. Bird lore . note the color of the iris. Itfrequently comes to the window-sill whenobservers are within three feet of thefeeding-place. Mrs. L. A. Cressy and a neighbor, uponwhose bounty one of the birds has beensubsisting, believes that three of thebirds have visited the food-tables, but I think that not more than two have beenseen at one time. A gentleman who haskept caged Mockingbirds declares thata pair of the birds nested in a near-bycemetery last summer, but I have beenunable to ascertain what is the basis forthe statement.—Edward P. St. John,President Hartford Bird Study Cliih. A Fire Station Martin Box The enclosed photograph representsthe Martin house at No. 7 fire station, atFort Wayne, Ind. The house is mountedon a telegraph pole, and contains 48 climbing vines are morning-glories. Capt. A. J. Baker informed me that itwas occupied this season by 47 pairs ofMartins and one pair of English Sparrows. All of the fire stations in our city havewell - patronized Martin houses. The. 98 Bird - Lore secret of their success is that the doors arenot opened until after the Martins arrivein the spring. The Sparrows are perse-cuted at all times.—Chas. A. Stock-bridge, Fort Wayne, Ind. Starling Imitating Notes of theWood Pewee With the increasing abundance of theStarling in the vicinity of New York, wehave come to refer to this species almostany unfamiliar clucks, chatters, squealsor whistles. In this connection, the caseof a Starling which has added the notes ofa native species to its already rich legiti-mate vocabulary is of interest. In the late fall of 19lo, some weeksafter Wood Pewees had left for the South,the writer heard the characteristic notesof this species on several occasions nearhis home at Englewood, N. J.,—onceclose at hand in some Norway sprucesbeside the house. The sound was not definitely located,but circumstances pointed to the Starlingas responsible for this unseasonable birdnote. Quite unexpectedly, on the morn-ing of January 11, 19
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