time to time, the whole bohed to an 

 oaken batten, by which they may be fas- 

 tened to trees (see page i6i). 



These were formerly obtained in Eu- 

 rope, but are now manufactured by at 

 least two people in this country. Those on 

 my place have been occupied by screech- 

 owls, bluebirds, chickadees, tree-swal- 

 lows, flickers, white-breasted nuthatches, 

 and great-crested flycatchers. House- 

 wrens, which are very local in our part 

 of the country, have so far avoided them, 

 and I have failed ignominiously to at- 

 tract either the downy or the hairy wood- 

 peckers, both of which frequent my 

 woods. 



One firm makes bird-houses out of 

 natural hollow logs or limbs, with a hole 

 bored in the side, and wooden cap and 

 bottom, while another makes an imita- 

 tion woodpecker's nest of pottery. The 

 type previously described is, however, in 

 my opinion, far and away ahead of these 

 others. 



EIRDS THAT WILL NEST IN PREPARED 

 HOUSES 



About houses and buildings, particu- 

 larly those on our farms, the ordinary 

 type of bird-house rather than the hollow 

 log is perhaps more appropriate. Blue- 

 birds, tree-swallows, and house-w^rens 

 take to them readily, and if you have a 

 large house on a high pole you may be 

 lucky enough to attract a colony of 

 martins. Chickadees, great-crested fly- 

 catchers, and screech-owls may use these 

 boxes, and the following is a list of birds 



Photograph by Louise Birt Baynes 



THE DAINTIEST GUEST 



A picture of an inquisitive and very puzzled 

 hummingbird probing an artificial flower. 



I'lioi.iKi 'I'll l>y i;rm>t Harold Baynes 



MOTHER AND DAUGHTER 



This is a photograph of a wild cliickadce feeding her young in June. She does not fear in 

 summer tlic liand tliat feeds her in winter. 



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