"Westbury Station, K. Y., 2Iarch 12, 1900. 

 Dear Uncle John : 



I have been looking to see Low many kinds of birds I conld see 



about my liome. One warm morning I got np and went ont of 



doors before breakfast. Tlie first thing I heard was a little tapping 



on the locust tree. After looking around for some time I saw^ a 



little black and white woodpecker creeping around the tree. I think 



it is a downy woodpecker. After breakfast my brother and I saw 



a redheaded woodpecker and a flicker. They were getting worms 



out of the tree for their breakfast. I saw a good many chickerdees 



on the pear tree by the pond. Saturday we hung some fat on a tree 



by the school-room winder. I have seen two ro])ins this year and 



some goldfinches. I have a little blank-book in which I am going to 



write the names of all the birds I see, also wdiat I find out about them. 



Yours truly, 



ETHJeL M. ALBERTS(3N, Sec. of J. A. C. 



Uncle John hopes that many of the boys and girls will tell him 

 about a walk that they have taken this month in search of galls. 

 He will prol)ably have one of the November dues pul^lished in the 

 next issue of the Junior-Xaturalist Monthly. It is always hard for 

 him to select one from so many good letters, but he intends to put 

 all that please him in a box and take one out with his eyes closed. 



ALICE G. McCLOSKEY. 



Witch-lmzel in flower and fruit. 

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