. Bird lore. Birds; Birds; Ornithology. 148 Bird - Lore farmer realized how many destructive insects are annually consumed by the Martins, it is likely he would be more willing to take a little trouble to keep these birds around his farm.—R. W. McDowell, Uniontown, Pa. Bird-Boxes and Signboards I herewith inclose a photo taken a short time ago by myself, which may be of possible interest for your magazine. The picture shows bird-houses placed on bulletin boards throughout the city by an advertising iirm. —established themselves within a tall church steeple, opposite me. Here they have lived al
. Bird lore. Birds; Birds; Ornithology. 148 Bird - Lore farmer realized how many destructive insects are annually consumed by the Martins, it is likely he would be more willing to take a little trouble to keep these birds around his farm.—R. W. McDowell, Uniontown, Pa. Bird-Boxes and Signboards I herewith inclose a photo taken a short time ago by myself, which may be of possible interest for your magazine. The picture shows bird-houses placed on bulletin boards throughout the city by an advertising iirm. —established themselves within a tall church steeple, opposite me. Here they have lived all this bitter winter, leaving at dawn, flying toward the beaches. Regularly, they return at dusk. Lately a few are on my lawn digging for something and making holes. These are the first Starlings I have even seen about here.—(Mrs.) A. C. A. Brown, Providence, R. I. Starlings at Carlisle, Pa. The English Starling has appeared in our midst as well as at Newville, Pa. I. BIRD-HOUSES AND SIGNBOARDS Photographed by A. J. Anderson As I am interested in the protection of birds, this idea attracted my attention as being both useful and ornamental. You will notice that these bird-houses are adapted more for small birds, such as Martins, Wrens, and the like.—A. J. Anderson, 3544-16 Ave. So., Minneapolis, Minn. Starlings at Providence, R. I. About the last of October a large colony of Starlings—numbering in the hundreds saw several of them on March 13.— Emelin Know Parker, Carlisle, Pa. Evening Grosbeak Records The Evening Grosbeak was formerly one of our rarest winter visitants, but if one may judge by the history of the past few years, we shall soon have to class it as of "regular occurrence; common ; In addition to the large number of records which Bird-Lore has published, includ-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may
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