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■'SHOWED TIIKIR CONFIDENCE FEEDING FR()M HIS HAND." 



riences among' the birds of the vicinity, 

 and gave some interesting" anecdotes in 

 connection with his observations of their 

 habits. He stated that "Wabbles," a cer- 



CHICKADEES IN THE HERMIT'S CABIN. 



tain song- sparrow mentioned in his book, 

 v^^hich he found in his dooryard more 

 than twenty-five years ago, was still alive 

 and about his old haunts during the past 

 season- 

 While we ate our lunch in the hermit's 



cabin, he opened the door ; placed a table 

 near the entrance, within the room, and 

 sprinkling upon it a handful of hempseed, 

 called to the chickadees, wdiich almost 

 immediately responded. They alighted 

 readily upon the table and carried ofif the 

 hemp, taking sometimes one and some- 

 times two of the large seeds in their little 

 l)ills. There was usually but one bird on 

 the table at a time, while the others 



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