. Bird lore . aws designed toprotect song, as well as game birds. Mr. Dutcher spoke on the subject ofpractical bird protection, and illustrated itsresults, as well as his remarks, with a seriesof views from nature made by himself onthe coast of Maine in July, 1900, while vis-iting the colonies of Herring Gulls whichwere under the protection of wardens em-ployed through the Thayer Fund. Mr. Chapman, in proof of the work ac-complished by the Audubon Societies, com-pared the fashions of fifteen years ago,when our native song birds could be seenon almost every other hat, with their prac-tically co
. Bird lore . aws designed toprotect song, as well as game birds. Mr. Dutcher spoke on the subject ofpractical bird protection, and illustrated itsresults, as well as his remarks, with a seriesof views from nature made by himself onthe coast of Maine in July, 1900, while vis-iting the colonies of Herring Gulls whichwere under the protection of wardens em-ployed through the Thayer Fund. Mr. Chapman, in proof of the work ac-complished by the Audubon Societies, com-pared the fashions of fifteen years ago,when our native song birds could be seenon almost every other hat, with their prac-tically complete absence today. He alsoattributed the present wide-spread interestin bird study largely to the efforts of theAudubon Societies. The Audubon Conference CommitteeDr. C. S. Minot, presiding officer of thefirst Audubon Conference, has appointed asa Conference Committee for the joint meet-ing of the Audubon Societies to be held inNew York city, in November, 1901, H. , F. M. Chapman, and LANDLORD AND TENANT(See page 90) jgirli = lDre A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINEDEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS Official Organ of the Audubon Societies Vol. Ill May—June, 1901 No. 3 A Bewildered Phoebe BY JOHN BURROUGHS With photographs from nature I HAD a good illustration last summer of how limited the mother-witof a Phcebe bird is when new conditions and surroundings confronther. A pair of these birds had annually built their nest in a littleniche in a ledge of rocks near my Slabsides, or rather several years agothey built a nest there, and as there was no room for a second nest, eachsubsequent spring they had repaired and refurnished the old one and rearedtheir brood in it. It was in a lonely place, at the mouth of a deeprecess in the ledge, and I thought quite secure from all creeping andclimbing enemies of the birds. A thick growth of small trees formed ascreen in its front, to hide it from the eye of winged marauders, andno snake or squirrel could reach it from
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