THE SANDPIPERS 



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breeding plumage. If there is a bright plumage, females 

 don it as well as the males. Indeed, among the phala- 

 ropes which are closely allied to the sandpipers, the 

 females are brighter than the males. It is interesting 



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HOME AGAIN 



The Spotted Sandpiper returns to its nest and inspects it closely to see 

 that all is well before taking its place upon the eggs. 



to note that with them the males are left to incubate the 

 eggs and care for the young while the females assume 

 no responsibiliites after laying the eggs. 



The food of the sandpipers includes many mosquito 



and fly larvae and a few of them frequent the uplands 

 and catch grasshoppers and other destructive insects. 

 On the whole, however, they commend themselves to us 

 more because of their graceful appearance and charming 



THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME 



For keeping a Sandpiper busy. She has only four eggs, but they are so 

 large that she covers them with difficulty. 



ways. Our shores and mud flats would be desolate 

 indeed with no birds to enliven them and most people 

 are glad to see all of the smaller species removed from 

 the game list. 



T^HE meeting of the newly organized Tennessee For- 

 •*- estry Association, which was to have been held in 

 December, has been postponed to some time in January. 

 It is proposed that the By-laws and Constitution shall be 

 broad enough to include the interests of the lumbermen, 

 timber owners and farmers, as well as all those interested 

 generally in the knowledge of tree growth. Conditions 

 in Tennessee promise bright prospects for a splendid 

 working forestry organization in the state. 



/^NE of the principal markets for American lumber 

 ^^ will be found in Italy, according to a special cable 

 to the Italian-American News Bureau. Reconstruc- 

 tion work in the recently invaded territory to the 

 northeast of Venice is already making large demands 

 for building material, and plans for building projects 

 contemplate the expenditure of millions of lire by the 

 Italian government. 



A S this magazine goes to press, comes the first acknowl- 

 -'-^ edgment from overseas of the Christmas boxes sent 

 the boys by the Welfare Committee for Lumbermen and 

 Foresters in War Service — From R. Aaronson, of the 

 Eighth Company, Twentieth Engineers. "Accept my 

 kindest wishes for the New Year. Thanks very much 

 for the package. It sure makes the fellows feel good to 

 know that the folks back home are thinking of us." 



'T^HE building of wooden ships is likely to continue 

 -*• for years to come, according to reports from the 

 various ship yards throughout the country which are 

 constructing ships for the Emergency Fleet Corporation, 

 and have completed only 50 per cent of their contracts. 



PLANT WALNUT TREES 



