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Nov., 1909 SOME BIRD ACCIDENTS 183 neck, and the force had swung the bird's body over the wire from below, locking it in a death grip. In Tx?E CONDOR, vol. VIII, 110. 2, page 40 (March-April, 1906), I told of an accident where two young Night Herons were hanging dead in the tree-top. In the heron colonies it is not uncommon for a young bird to get its foot caught in a crotch and thus hang itself. Several years ago we took the picture of a Song ?parrow that was hanging dead in a wire fence. In some way the foot had been caught between the two twisted wires and the bird could not release itself, for the leg was wedged and broken. During the past summer, we found a female Rufous Hmnmingbird hanging DEAD HORNED LARK V,'ITH V,'ING CAUGHT O-? THE BARB OF A V,'IRE FENCE dead in one of the lilac bushes in the yard. The bird was merely hanging up- side-down with both feet clutching the limb and lockt in a death grip. I do not know whether it died in the natural upright position and turned over afterward, or whether it died with head downward. After taking a photograph I examined the bird, but could find no cause of death. The tiny branch was bruised where the feet clutcht it, showing that the grip had been, and remained, perfectly tight. This incident reminds me of an experience that Mr. Bohlman had with a hummingbird several years ago. It was a cold rainy day and he was wandering thru the woods. He came to a hummingbird that was sitting apparently sound asleep in a small bush. He toucht it, but the bird showed no signs of life. He cut