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be frightened when her head came up over the 

 rim, they would have plenty of time to escape 

 before she would be in a position to spring upon 

 them. 



Several adaptations of the "Audubon" food 

 house may be made or purchased, the most inter- 

 esting, perhaps, being one which has a food hop- 

 per under the roof and connected with the upper 

 tray to which it supplies seed as fast as the birds 

 eat it. The top of the roof is removable and half 

 a bushel or more of seed can be poured in at once. 

 This is a very good style of house for people who 

 cannot get out to replenish the food trays them- 

 selves, or who go to the city in the winter and 

 wish to be sure that the birds are fed while they 

 are away. But no matter what kind of feeding 

 device is used by people who are away from their 

 country homes during the winter, it is nearly 

 always possible to arrange to have a country 

 neighbor replenish the food as it is needed. 



The Food Bell 



The "food bell" is another device invented by 

 von Berlepsch, and used especially for feeding 

 titmice. It consists of a glass receptacle holding 

 a quart or two of hemp seed, connected at the 

 bottom with a tube down which the seed falls to 



