The domestic cat; bird ... The domestic cat; bird killer, mouser and destroyer of wild life; means of utilizing and controlling it domesticcatbirdk00forb Year: 1916 41 believed that cats did not kill many birds. Some of the individ- ual expressions are given below. Names are given only where special permission was granted. The names of towns are included to show the distribution of reports. 'You can't keep a cat from catching birds' (Lynnfield Center). 'One bird a month' (South Sudbury). 'Have never had a cat that would not catch birds. Don't think any nestlings got away' (South Hanover). 'M
The domestic cat; bird ... The domestic cat; bird killer, mouser and destroyer of wild life; means of utilizing and controlling it domesticcatbirdk00forb Year: 1916 41 believed that cats did not kill many birds. Some of the individ- ual expressions are given below. Names are given only where special permission was granted. The names of towns are included to show the distribution of reports. 'You can't keep a cat from catching birds' (Lynnfield Center). 'One bird a month' (South Sudbury). 'Have never had a cat that would not catch birds. Don't think any nestlings got away' (South Hanover). 'Most cats catch birds' (Hanson). 'I never saw a smart cat that would not catch birds' (Hanson). 'Cats catch one bird in two weeks' (Hanson). 'You can't break a cat of catching birds once she gets a taste. Cats will catch them' (Sherborn). 'Cats like better to catch birds than rats' (Sherborn). 'Cat catches about one bird a week' (Bil- lerica). 'We raised one hundred and fifty chickens and the cats didn't touch one of them, so let them have the birds' (Little- ton). 'There are two or three nests in a tree near the house, and the cats get the young every year' (Hatchville). (A farmer of Danvers Highlands makes the same statement). 'Had a cat that was something fierce on birds, killed forty-five chickens and brought in a half-grown pheasant' (Danvers Highlands). 'This cat of ours will catch every bird she can get hold of' (Silas Hatch, Hatch ville). 'Robins and chipping sparrows nested here but no nestlings have been raised. Birds are scarce. Haven't seen a nestling robin this summer' (Eugene Hatch, Hatch ville). 'Cats make a business of catching birds' (James J. Hatch, Hatchville). 'Catches all kinds of birds' (Hatchville). Interviews with 271 people showed that the families or stores they represented kept 559 cats, 229 of which killed birds, accord- ing to the admissions of their owners (and more, according to their neigh- bors). Numbers of stray cats were reported in many cases,
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