. Bird-lore . ace in June found a Lawrence War-bler feeding young in the same field wherewe found this one on May 20, and it mayhave been the same bird. lived about theresidential section of Bridgeport all lastwinter, and I photographed it on March21 in its haunts. Acadian found byone Abbot, identified by Mark Candee,and showed to me on January 11, 1917,has been in the same locality since andwas seen by many people on January 18,1916.—Wilbur F. Smith, South Norwalk,Conn. The Wellesley Bird-Box Many people would take greater interestin encouraging the native bird
. Bird-lore . ace in June found a Lawrence War-bler feeding young in the same field wherewe found this one on May 20, and it mayhave been the same bird. lived about theresidential section of Bridgeport all lastwinter, and I photographed it on March21 in its haunts. Acadian found byone Abbot, identified by Mark Candee,and showed to me on January 11, 1917,has been in the same locality since andwas seen by many people on January 18,1916.—Wilbur F. Smith, South Norwalk,Conn. The Wellesley Bird-Box Many people would take greater interestin encouraging the native birds if most ofthe equipment now to be had on the mar-ket were not quite so expensive. Simpleforms of feeders and bird-boxes seem tobe quite as efficient as the more elaborate. If in any community it is desired tointroduce a large number of bird-boxes atlow cost it is only necessary to settle onsome simple design and have them madeat the nearest box (packing-box) factory. The plan can be carried out by an indi-. THE WELLESLEY BIRD-BOX Dimensions of stock, top, 5 x 6yi inches; front and back, each 5 .\ 7M inches; sides, 4x7^2 inches;bottom, 4x4 inches. The box is put together with i>4-inch galvanized box nails. The roofing-paper andentrance guard fastened with K-inch galvanized tacks. The top of the box is removable, but is held inposition by a piece of galvanized No. 16 soft iron wire looped over a tack on each side. Two holes aboutone inch apart are bored in the upper part of the box in a downward direction from the inside so thatwhen the cover is off, the box can be nailed to a post or tree with 2j<-inch galvanized wire nails. To bestained any dull neutral shade. Notes from Field and Study 91 vidual or by a local Audubon Society, andthe boxes distributed at cost to those whowant them. The box factories will makethe cost extremely low provided they can point of introduction in New York, norhow far it has already made its way. Isuppose that Starlings have been reportedfrom
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