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Correspondence. 



SIGNS OI'" TlllC SEASON. 



Sir, — We are getting grand weather. Tlie birds are doing fairly 

 well, l)Ut nothing definite as yet. Blue Rol)ins (Sialia sialis) have young all 

 but ready to leave the nest. 



Baltimore Hangncsts (Icterus galbula) have young in the nest eight 

 or nine days old. and 1 am hoping they ma\- be fu.ly reared. The nesl 

 (snai)shot enclosed) i> built at the hisjliest point of the aviary — practically out 



Nest of Baltimore Hangnest. 

 of reach of close observation, save from beneath. .My little daughter feeds 

 the Hangnest with mealworms from her hand, and my wife too — the cock 

 l)ird is absolutely tame, and runs between my feet for live food. 



X'irginian Cardinals (Cardiualis cardiiuilis) have also nested and have a 

 family several days old. 1 expect there will be trouble when the young get 

 about, as they certainly are not an amiable species, and the birds in thi.s 

 aviary are not good friends as it is. 



