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Identifier: birdlore17nati (find matches)
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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forbird-catching come early in the morning,when birds are most active and when theycome to the ground for food, drink, andnesting-materials. No one knows how many birds his cateats at night, although some cats bringmore or less of their game to the house.When the investigation was completed, aseries of questions was prepared and sentout to 1,500 persons. About 400 returnedthe blank well filled, and these repliesshowed that 125 species of birds killedby cats have been identified by the writers,but many were unidentified. The Robinheads the list, as it is reported by 272observers. The various Sparrows, Warb-lers and Thrushes come next; 75 reportthe Bluebird, 72 the English Sparrow, 52the Catbird, 46 the Song Sparrow, 42 theBarn Swallow, and 34 the Slate-coloredJunco. Most of the birds noted as killedby cats are of the most common and use-ful species, but 44 report the Bob-white,46 the Rufled Grouse, 11 the Woodcock,and II the Ring-necked Pheasant. It is interesting to note the number of
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~nju,^j£l^ ^^,.^;j\j\ SOMEBODYS PET CATFrom a drawing by Walter M. Dunk (i66) The Audubon Societies 167 birds killed in a day by one cat. Thisruns from one to twelve. Many of thereporters live in towns and cities wherefewer cats are kept per family than inthe country. Out of 427 reporting, only99 keep cats personally, and their observa-tions are based on their former experi-ences with their own cats, or on observingneighbors cats or strays; the 99 keep 132,or an average of 1.3 to each family. Thenumber of cats kept by families in theneighborhood are reported by 272 people.These statements show 1.4 cats perfamily. There are 331 who say that catsare allowed to roam at night. Reports ofone days kill of 226 cats sum up 624birds; reports of one weeks kill of 32cats, 239 birds; one months kill of 15cats, 307 birds; and one years kill of 47cats, 534 birds. This means an averageof 2.7 birds per day, 7.9 per week, 20.4per month and 11.3 per year. The j^earlyaverage is brought down because onl

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