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to the wcatlici'. W'licrc scci 1-1 tea rini;' weeds are 

 accessible, there we may look foi' .luneos and Ti-ee 

 SpaiTows ; a cedar-tree lilled with Ijerries often 

 tempts lioltiiis. iJliiehii-ds. and Waxwini^'s to win- 

 ter near it, 1 recall a sheltel'ed ]>ile of huckwheat 

 chair at I'Jii^lewood, N. .1.. which fnrnished food 

 tor a small Hock of Moiii'iiiiiLi" Doves all one wintei*. 

 In Centi-al i'ark. New York city, a .\rockini;l)ii'd, 

 who had evi<lently escaped from a ca^e, fed u])on 

 the l)eri'ies of a privet tree, and survived in apj)arent 

 comfort the inost severe winter weather. Food, 

 therefore, rathei' than tem])eratiire, is the all im- 

 })ortant factor in a bird's life at this season. 



BIKDS OF TlIK MONTH. 



Permanent Residents (see page G). 



Winter ^'ISITANTS (see page 7). 



FKT.nrATlY. 



Tlio conditions prevailin<j: in the l)ird world dur- 

 in<^ Januaiy will he |)ractical]y nnclianii'ed until the 

 latter ])art of I-'ehiMiai'v. Then, should tliei'e be a 

 ])erio(l of milder weatlu'i', we ma\- expect to lieai' 

 the S(jn^^ Sj)ai'row and Uliieliii'd iiiauiiiirate the sea- 

 son of soul;-. Am unusually warm day. eai-lier in 

 the month, may have tempti'd eitliei' oi- both of these 

 bii'ds to pi-emat ui-ely welcome s))rini:'. but as a I'ule 

 we do not heal' t hem until late in I-'ebi'iiaiA-. and then 

 only undei' favorable conditions. 



The son^- of tliese birds bids us keej) watch for the 

 earliest migrants, the Robin, Purple Cirackle, and 



