. Bird lore . No. 5, on the accompanying illus-tration), Melospiza clnerea fallax inhabits the most arid portion of NorthAmerica, the desert region of Nevada, Arizona and southeastern California,where the annual rainfall averages about six inches; while the darkest-col-ored race, the Sooty Song Sparrow (No. 2, Melospiza cinerea rufina), inhabitsthe most humid portion of North America, the coast region of BritishColumbia and southern Alaska, where the annual rainfall may reach onehundred and twenty-five inches. Note that, in obedience to the law that animals increase in size towardthe north, th
. Bird lore . No. 5, on the accompanying illus-tration), Melospiza clnerea fallax inhabits the most arid portion of NorthAmerica, the desert region of Nevada, Arizona and southeastern California,where the annual rainfall averages about six inches; while the darkest-col-ored race, the Sooty Song Sparrow (No. 2, Melospiza cinerea rufina), inhabitsthe most humid portion of North America, the coast region of BritishColumbia and southern Alaska, where the annual rainfall may reach onehundred and twenty-five inches. Note that, in obedience to the law that animals increase in size towardthe north, the largest race, the Aleutian Song Sparrow (No. i, Melospizacinerea cinerea ), is the most northern, and, the smallest race, the MexicanSong Sparrow ( No. 6, Melospiza cinerea mexicana), is the most southern. Between the lightest and the darkest, the smallest and the largest SongSparrows, however, there is complete intergradation in accordance with thechange in the conditions which afifect their color and NIGHTHAWK ON NESTFrom nature, by J. E. Seebold. Carlisle, Pa. jBtotes from JFtelU ant) ^tutij> A Station for the Study of Bird Life Articles of Incorporation have just beendrawn looking to the establishment, x)n apermanent foundation, of the Worth in gtonSociety for the Investigation of Bird founder, Mr. Charles C. Worthington,will erect and endow, on his estate atShawnee, Monroe County, Pennsylvania,the necessary buildings and equipment. The Worthington Society will have forits purpose the consideration of bird life asit is found in nature, and will also havemany birds under confinement for study andexperiment. The following is a summary of the chieftopics that will present an immediate fieldfor experimentation, which it is proposedby the liberality of the foundation to makecontinuous and exhaustive in the hope ofreaching conclusive results. I. The study and consideration of abird as an individual. It is believed thatby means of observation carried throughth
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