New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-08-13
THE BIRDS
GIFT Of Hrs. Sage TO Robins
lids Other SORgStcrs.

THE interest Of Mrs Russell Sage IN tia
robin is going 10 result in protection Tor
r,anv other birds as well. The junior Aa-
d,ion classes which were formed through.
o,,r the South during the last year. p-i.
uarilv in the interest ~ the robin are
rot going 20 conine themselves 70 The
study of that bird alone. and the pam
phiets wl.ch Mrs SAGE BE- g"ndins 70 them
through the National Association ~ Az
dtibon Societies. include also the purple
,,g~tan snowy heron. Baltimore orioe.
Knocking bird. bueblrd American sodinca
md many other varieties. each In its spa
rate ieaflet
Ton thousand ~ each Of these .eaaets
arc .o oe distributed among Che younS
bird students. and the Audubon Society Is
,,~,,.- a little device which cannot fail 10
t-re over, youngster in the and who owas
q ,airt or crayon box. a picture supple
mon, ACCOMPANIES each ieadet-a portrait
% the bird and another sheet in outline
,of, unoolorcd on this the child may copy
.b, ,roper shades of the new feathe-ed
f-iond he has promised 20 be good 20 ever
after. thus memor!zing the marking, WHICH
will enable him 20 Identity the sonzsIsr
IN the field.
These Southern Audubon classes already
nave Ten thousand members. each no
nledeed no learn an De can about the wih
birds and 20 protect them rom Wanton
slaughter and after reading of the sad
rrioh- OF the robin. once he has crossed
tbe Southern lire. 10 is pleasant 10 think
that ne has found already so many friends
I'm that section.
The robin Ieafet sells how This little COM
ro,ior M man. who has followed i'm
u.barever the wilderness has been cea Cd.
e~o,, Mexico tc the Yukon. 20 cheerful ard
s-i.,d1y in the North takes on an entirely
,,;fcerert nature when found in bis winter
homo feeding on the black gum trees IN
Carolina swamp. pecklug the berries q
o. crinaberrv tree In Georgia or a leaf % 10
cahaaee palmetto IN Florida. Here he 8
r,easv and suspicious; here there Is no
osrborinr Of food on lawns 0r dFin1ns
,-,r, Guns ON window silis-none OF the
confding inumacies 90 "mch DIS -Lleios ="
the North are accustomed
Here. moreover. be prefers 90 sI'y ~
eo,l,s-alvavs remote from peoples
houses. And small wonder. since having
grown fat from much eating he S hunted
for the table. A string of robin. was To-
Gently offered 10 the markets or haiei5h
m the rate of go cents dozen WHICH Vac
considered a very high price
Although they may he 20 dainty o''n 70
cot before a king" many humane neope
believe fl is time the younger eeAfia'''h
ar least should be- taught more 'emo'fai1
tastes in diet
Horrible tales of the slauGHte- 90, rooins
arc told bv Or. r. p. ClaNton. az no 1n'-
,,arsftv of Tennessee. The birds come N
great focks 20 a common roorn .e .''''
and the hunters come while liey s's
blinded by sudden light they awake al-
fv TO the torch-bearer. who "r'h-s .n''
boods off and drops them u san- tnfes
~ four hundred birds being an ordinary
,i-b-,s work. To one rDo-r men ana "2'
como i'm wagons from all tI' aNl'Nu'
counties and camped in the nei1Hoo. ''o0'
In ike manner. SAYS the iedi'''' nv
,,ild nigeou was done tO deatn-Wh--h 'fF-
oies is now extinct in Americi-
The robins foudness for small runs y
,,~oad as an excuse for the k.lln-. lul w
Investigations made by W. L. MeA'ss' ~
ouisiana IN behalf Of the United sli'''
re,ar-n7ent of Agriculture seem TO po''
ths+ the diet OF these birds consists mY'"
Of insects. .4.. a,
The work Of the National Assoc.au'h p
Audubon Societies 90 secure laws 70 -
tee, this bird is being greatly siren 'ng'si
bv The financial aid rendered hy ATs. h-
sell Sage Only "a few states r''i'.- :
which such protection does mot exist ~
arc Florida. Louisiana Maryland. Ienhs
So North Carolina. Mississippi ana VI
ofuia.