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THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



Experience will soon show you the places where birds are 

 most abundant. The more varied the nature of the country the 

 greater number of species you may expect to find inhabiting it. 

 An ideal locality would be a bit of tree-dotted meadow with a 



Hairy Woodpecker. 

 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 



reed-bordered pond or stream, surrounded by woods, rolling up- 

 lands, and orchards. 



Common sense will tell you how to act in the field. Birds are 

 generally shy creatures and must be approached with caution. 

 You must not, therefore, go observing or collecting dressed in 

 flaming red, but in some inconspicuous garb and as quietly 



