New-York tribune., 1905-07-22
Tip TO bIRDLAND.
Mr.. Chapman Visits His Feathered
Friends on Protected Islands.

We can o1er nothing in tbs way OF social func-
ions al Ornit biological congresses 20 compare
win Ihey dad there said Frank
IL Chapman. assistant curator OF the oepaI iLnsnl
OF ornilaoIogy al tbs American Museum Of Natural
History yesterday.
Mr. Chapman Las just returned from England
where be attended the International OrnithUloslcAl
Congress. which mel London IN June ne So
cal funclaon 10 which he especially referred was
day vssiI ~ WobuTn Abbey as Lhe guests OF The
Duke and Duchess OF Bedford A special uain look
the 5o toFgn Hasmbers OF the congress Sky miles
6OWu into country The guests we're mel al
the sIsuon by twenty brakes and driven 10 the
abbey gheTe elaborate luncheon ~as served
They Rens then enLsTLzlnsd by The examination Of
the dukes geological collection. WHICH. scattered
through the PARIS and forests OF his seven thou
sand esLaLs, Is sonle respects The nnsst In
the world
The congress was fun OF interesting men, who
had SOme from hunting birds In the Antarctic re-
Eions. Madeira. il lne Pyrenees. and IN all sorts
OF eorueTs Of lne glooe BuI Mr.. Chapman
made some visits aLterSaTd that more iuleF-
es1!ng Than any p0rl4on o. is SESSIONS
places of ards IN England are uaade perenlll J
source OF re' en1e slnlkls oy nol perl5ins tae ex
instructive lesson 20 America, wLere We q :
always claimed mai il lhe lase of Pelican Island,
other Islands or localities WneIe he b. as
we're pfotecIec the JOGrlsI travel eould Il tine
mol only com -ensaLe tor AL expenditure. bUl be a
This Is proved by the history Of Bass Rock. al
the mUDIh u ne Frltn Of Forth IL as OA45 an
sand ganncIs aesi and breed there A man Nno
oRns hotet on me mainland leases tae ! AM !; NJ
the island, except from his launch. and visitors a-
isis from grest distances view he strange
spectacle OF the thousands OF great Whie seaoli ds
perfectly unalarnled by the humans waking about
'Taeu Visited the Fame Islands. of the Nor
thunibeTisnd coast the 5, enc Of the Grace Darn
incident There are seven Of these islanos some
sIToag sho lives n Ban5Ery Castle 70 SCI foot
on these islands one must pay TWO shiAings and
bird Then. after he gets there, he will hno walch-
els resoy 10 Sc lnat ae Keeps ats 4sI st--.e- -
efa1ges for check which admits to the other 81
snSse 10 vts7for IS allowed % sSav Ia one island
more than fifteen minute As result OF al Use
nauEres. corUloranls and other sea olrds nest aId
breed there. They nest close beside The houses or
the watchers. and the elder ducks were SO tame
lhai they permitted 10 stroke them on the nest,
watched alen Who were 'eggtng' on the cliffs The
elf 81 feet straight up ano down ana are IL
o. ea5irds' nests. The people who own the cl.tLs
Ten 5sg t6u On roSes win their companions wait
-.' - = -, -~--ofrraF k-Il
IRE 5ircs, and theV may take the eggs only up 10 =
remain g permanent source Of proht
Then visited New Forest The great game pre-
serve set aside by William the ConGueror. Il Is q
tEact Of forest land some twenty-five miles n
houses ne right 10 ghch was exrracte from tIrae
70 CINE in the past from different uouarchs. Por-
,-5IsTfv 55r4rnevsi enorn3oSs iSe-cb trees 1hIcb
Wers standing wien william the Conqueror crea ted
the preserve and knows how long before
There deer IN there. w16 descendants OF the
6eer which once roHleo the whole island z few
badgers ana blue neToRry. something very rare IN
EeEg-zuG. Black cock, species or grouse also dnC
there their only home IN England
Just for interest IN me ard his book,
visited SsIboTne. the home OF Gilbert White. GIL
W6lte bout Is years ago wrote The drs Of all
the Intimate. particular scccurts or bird life, taken
from perslnal acquaintance with birds. He wrote
only book 'Selborne. and gave IN Il the results
OF his study 81 the animal Hfe and particularly the
bird life IN MS home. Selborne- 6ut his one book
became classic IN bird lore and :s to-day. more
than century later. authority Oh the birds Of
England. So Selborue. and found IL
lust as hs Eyr-5.e about I could have recognized
i from t1~ book Il nav detract something from
the romantic Interest Of his oo home 10 know thar
4 is now owned and occupied BY soap manufact
ursr BUt be Is the greatest soap manufacturer in