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Title: Bird-lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Conservation Periodicals
Publisher: New York, National Association of Audubon Societies
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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he hungry ones abandoned by theirowners. I have seen an active mother cat in oneseason devour the contents of almostevery robins nest in an orchard, evenwhen tar, chicken wire and other pre-ventatives were placed on the trunks ofthe trees. The robin builds so conspicuousand accessible a nest, and is so easily agita-ted by the approach of a cat, that it is dif-ficult to save the young. Shutting up catsat the time the robins are leaving the nestis a help. One cat brought in MeadowLarks, Chippies, Bluebirds, a WilsonsSnipe, an Ovenbird, two Hummingbirds, aa Flicker, a Swallow and a young Partridgewithin a few days. As a rule, cats eat birdsin secret after being pursued and scoldedand having their prey wrested from them,so only a heap of feathers tells the tale. I have been surprised to note how un-conscious people can be to the cries ofalarm of the commonest birds about them.If we are educated to notice, it is secondnature to fly to the rescue.—Anxe E.Perkins, M. D., Gowanda, New York.
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jiiOfciiiii^ueres^ 1. Arkans^as Goldfinch, ad. male. 4. Green-backed Goldfinch, ad. male. 3. Arkansas Goldfinch, im. male. 5. Lawrences Goldfinch, ad. male. 3. Arkansas Goldfinch, ad. female. 6. Lawrences Goldfinch, ad. female. (One half Xaniral Size.) A BI-MONTHLY MAGAZINEDEVOTED TO THE STUDY AND PROTECTION OF BIRDS Official Organ of the Aud Vol. XII September—October, 1910 No. 5 Notes on Attracting Birds By JOHN C. PHILLIPS. Wenham, Mass. With photographs by the author I^HK winter of iqoq-io was rather remarkable for scarcity of winterbirds, at least in eastern Massachusetts. During the last of October,igoQ, one of the Berlepsch food-bells was placed in position in a lowgrowth of pitch-pine, about five feet above ground, filled with hemp-seed andhung with strips of beef suet. Three weeks later, Chickadees began to feedfrom the automatically regulated food-trough, and continued to do so in in-creasing numbers till early spring. No suet was used on the bell after the birdslearned th

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