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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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wallows on the farming land, but in theimmediate village all too much by English Sparrows. For the useful species,boxes nailed at the top of 2 x 4-inch timbers 6 feet long, these spiked or screwedto fence-posts bordering fields, entirely in the open, were decidedly the favoritelocations. Moreover, all these species seemed to prefer boxes with largerentrance-holes than they are supposed to need. Bluebirds chose Flicker-sizeboxes in preference to those with the proper apertures nearby. This wintercertain changes will be made to suit the birds, and many more boxes will beplaced on fences, as above, in an effort to see if considerable numbers cannotbe attracted, especially the Swallows. Experiments are also being started in attracting birds by the planting ofnatural foods. For land-birds, various trees and shrubs have been set out. Inour large lake on the tract, plantings have been made of various Duck-foodplants, such as wild celery, wapato, blue duck millet, potamogetons, and otherkinds.
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AUDUBON HOUSE, ON THE ASSOCIATIONS BIRD SANCTUARY AT AMSTON, CONNECTICUT. 426 Bird- Lore Further to promote the new Experiment Station work, Mr. Charles M.Ams, the owner of the tract, has generously put at the disposal of the Associa-tion a comfortable two-story residence, furnished throughout, now known asthe Audubon House. Collections of birds and of ornithological literature,including the publications of this Association, have been installed, and thehouse has been kept open the past summer as headquarters of the NationalAssociation, where visitors have been welcomed, given opportunity for study,and thence shown the practical work carried out on the 3-square-mile tract. In order to make it possible for visitors to remain at Amston to study and

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