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I20 Bird- Lore is fond of all of the family, even the dog, a Gordon setter, on whose head he likes to perch ; but he loves best his ' Bebe,' as he calls Bridget, and when she goes out for a day he keeps a mournful silence until overjoyed at her return. He has all the Robin vocabulary and song, besides various whistles and tunes taught him by Bridget. He modulates his calls in close imitation of his teacher, and when with her is as happy as any outdoor bird, perching on her shoul- der and responding to her in the most winsome manner. As it is a common occurrence for adven- turous young birds to fall from the nest, perhaps some readers of Bird-Lore will copy Bridget, and add their experience to the ' ' Ethics of Caging Birds. " — Ella Gil- bert Ives, Dorchester, Massachusetts. An Albino Robin When the Robins returned to St. Al- bans, Vermont, in the spring of 1897, a pure white Robin with a red breast came with them. This ' woman in white ' made its home in an orchard, where it doubtless nested, as it was seen carrying building material there. Though the nest could not be found, the bird stayed upon the farm through the summer, becoming very tame as the months passed, and coming to the door for crumbs daily. The following spring the same bird was seen upon the same farm, where it built a nest in a maple, in the dooryard. This little house, or more literally this little housekeeper, attracted so much attention that she deserted the nest, after three eggs were laid, and built another upon the opposite side of the same tree, in which four young Robins were duly hatched. A high wind soon brought both nest and young to the ground. A third nest was then made in the same maple, in which five young Robins found a secure home. Both nests and young birds were in every way normal ; not a hint in a single feather betrayed their unique motherhood. The bird did not return in the spring of 1899. In April of this year, however, it came to the same neighborhood, and has built a nest in an apple tree upon a lonely hillside, a third of a mile from its former nesting sites. It is often described as "as large as a Dove," though, after much careful observation, I am certain that its color, only, makes its size deceitful. Its red breast, contrasted with the pure white, also seems much redder than in the ordi- nary Robin. Altogether it is as handsome a bird as can well be imagined, its pink eyes being noticeable as it sits upon the nest, and its color making it easily seen as it crosses the meadows or hops about upon the opposite hillside in search of grasshoppers. — Nelly Hart Woodworth, .S",^. Albans, Vt. A Successful Bird Club [The following account of the formation of a Bird Club at Newburgh, N. Y. , has been prepared at our request, as an illus- tration of the interest in birds which may be aroused by an enthusiastic leader. There is no reason why ornithologists throughout the country could not achieve the same success which has attended Mr. Robinson's efforts to share his pleasures in bird-study. — Ed.] Wherever there have been organiza- tions studying the course laid down by the Chautauqua during the past winter, the subject of Birds has been presented through that delightful little book 'Birds through an Opera Glass.' It is doubtfu^ if there was any gathering of people who took up the study with more enthusiasm and interest than the Chautauqua Circle, in the city of Newburgh, N. Y. The work was under the direction of Francis B. Robinson, of that city, who has been a close student of Nature for many years, and he gave the preliminary talk, tracing the development of bird-life, and noting the birds that are now extinct and those that are becoming so. This talk, with a lecture on 'Expansion,' took up a long evening, and it was found necessary to devote the entire evening to Birds alone, and Friday evenings of each week during March, April and May were used for this purpose. The study was pursued syste- matically by over two hundred people, among them lawyers, doctors, ministers and teachers, and each active member was assigned a bird to report on. This