. Bird lore. Birds; Birds; Ornithology. Notes from Field and Study 91 vidual or by a local Audubon Society, and the boxes distributed at cost to those who want them. The box factories will make the cost extremely low provided they can point of introduction in New York, nor how far it has already made its way. I suppose that Starlings have been reported from points further south than Baltimore,. WELLESLEV BIRD-BOX IN POSITION A guard of thin galvanized iron surrounds the entrance. For Bluebirds and Swallows the opening should be one and one half inches in diameter; for smaller birds one and a q
. Bird lore. Birds; Birds; Ornithology. Notes from Field and Study 91 vidual or by a local Audubon Society, and the boxes distributed at cost to those who want them. The box factories will make the cost extremely low provided they can point of introduction in New York, nor how far it has already made its way. I suppose that Starlings have been reported from points further south than Baltimore,. WELLESLEV BIRD-BOX IN POSITION A guard of thin galvanized iron surrounds the entrance. For Bluebirds and Swallows the opening should be one and one half inches in diameter; for smaller birds one and a quarter inches deliver them by truck, unpacked, at one point. I tried the experiment with a lot of one thousand and it worked so well that I have ordered more. They cost fifteen cents each. The style adopted, which I tested with success during the past year, is out- lined in the accompanying photographs. The top of the box is removable for clean- ing and all nails, tacks, and other metal parts are of galvanized iron. To distinguish the box as a type I have called it the 'Wellesley Bird-Box.'—John C. Lee, Wellesley, Mass. The Starling in Baltimore I do not know how close a watch is being kept on the spread of the European Starling throughout our country from the but I send you the following item for what it may be worth: A flock of European Starlings, contain- ing several hundred individuals, has been roosting at night for an unknown length of time in a row of sycamore trees on Mt. Royal Avenue bordering the sunken gardens and overlooking the Union Sta- tion and the surrounding railroad yards. That row of trees has for several years been a roosting-place for thousands of English Sparrows during the winter months, and it is possible that the Star- lings were there for several nights before being noted, although I pass that place practically every evening during the week. My attention was first attracted by un- familiar notes on the evening of January 16, 1917, and subsequent inv
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