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Identifier: birdlore51903nati (find matches)
Title: Bird lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Committee of the Audubon Societies of America National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals National Audubon Society
Subjects: Birds Birds Ornithology
Publisher: New York City : Macmillan Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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s, which were erected by otherresidents of Waynesburg, and, in due sea-son, were claimed by the birds for whichthey were designed. It is a highly significant fact that, innearly every instance, the new houses weretaken possession of by males (and probably,also, females) of the previous year, theprogeny, doubtless, of the birds alreadyestablished. As long as additional nesting-sites were afforded the birds, it appears thatthey continued rapidly to increase. If,however, additional quarters had not beenavailable the birds would, naturally, havebeen obliged to search for them elsewhere ;when, if a home had not been discovered,there would have been no increase in thetotal progeny of the original colony — aninteresting illustration of how effectuallythe numbers of a species may be governedby the lack of suitable nesting-places. We must refer the reader to Mr. Jacobspaper for further details of this welcomecontribution to our intimate knowledge ofbirds habits. We may add, however, that (3^
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MARTIN HOUSES(From ThelStory of a Martin Colony, by courtesy of its author) 32) Book News and Reviews 33 among the elements of his success werehouses placed at least thirteen feet from theground and with rooms not less than fiveinches square and six inches high; the de-struction of cats and of about three hundredEnglish Sparrows annually ; and the prose-cution and conviction of that species of thegenus Homo who labors under the delusionthat every feathered creature was intendedto form a mark for his shot-gun or rifle.We congratulate Mr. Jacobs on his successin protecting his Martins from these, theirunnatural enemies, and on his attractivepresentation of the results of his studies.—F. M. C. A Biological Investigation of theHudson Bay Region. By Edward A.Preble. N. A. Fauna, No. 22, Divi-sion of Biological Survey, U. S. Dept.of Agriculture, 1902. On June 14, 1900, Mr. Preble, accom-panied by his brother, left Winnipeg, andon the 17th reached Norway House. June23, with two Indians for

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