. Bird lore . d easilyfinished by a few pecks. After that, hewas always eaten with great am afraid domestic fowls rarely have (246) ^* Notes from Field and Study 247 good opportunities to catch mice, but thefact that even they take to it naturallywould show that the Owl and the Hawkmust find most larger birds allies in theirwork of keeping down the rodentsnumbers.—-Joseph W. Lippincott, Beth-ay res, Pa. A Maine Pelican This picture was taken by me, in 1899I think, at Castine, Maine. The birdshad been brought North in the springfrom Florida, and released. It was a and crannies of
. Bird lore . d easilyfinished by a few pecks. After that, hewas always eaten with great am afraid domestic fowls rarely have (246) ^* Notes from Field and Study 247 good opportunities to catch mice, but thefact that even they take to it naturallywould show that the Owl and the Hawkmust find most larger birds allies in theirwork of keeping down the rodentsnumbers.—-Joseph W. Lippincott, Beth-ay res, Pa. A Maine Pelican This picture was taken by me, in 1899I think, at Castine, Maine. The birdshad been brought North in the springfrom Florida, and released. It was a and crannies of an old barrel that stoodat our back door. Yes, it was Jenny Wren, her tail tiltedin true Wren fashion, which always makesit easy to distinguish a Wren from othersmall birds. It was plain to see that Jenny had de-cided we would make desirable neighborsand was looking for suitable apartmentsnearby. I procured an old cigar box, cut anopening in one end about the size of atwenty-five cent piece, tacked a shingle. MAINE PELICANSPhotographed by John B. May favorite sport to fish for pollock andcunners at the steamer dock, and toss thefish to the Pelicans. I am sorry that I do not know whathappened to the Pelicans when wintercame.—John B. May, Woban, Mass. Our New Neighbors One day last spring, I noticed a linybrown bird carefully inspecting the cracks to one side, and nailed the shingle to thekitchen wall just under the eaves andabout nine feet from the ground. A smallperch was placed near the opening, andJennys house was complete. A weekperhaps elapsed when Elinor—the othermember of our family—called my atten-tion to a wee little bird darting in and outof the door-way with twigs. Sure enough,our little Jenny and Jimmy Wren hadmoved in, he gallantly carrying the largest 248 Bird - Lore twigs, while she carried horse-hair, grass-blades and rootlets. Jimmy sang gailyfrom daylight till darkness. His favoriteperch was the topmost peak of the light-ning-rod. Soon four hungry baby
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