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stone a cavity which will hold twenty 

 quarts of water. We put a squar esheet 

 of slate, with rounded corners or supports, 

 which brought it to within two inches of 

 the surface of the water, and it has been 



The Tenant of a Back-Yard Brush-Heap 



I inclose a photograph of Brown 

 Thrashers taken in a pile of brush in my 

 back yard here in Lennox, where they 



A STONE BIRD-BATH 

 Photographed by Margaret S. Hitchcock 



much used by both old and young birds 

 of many different species. A young Robin 

 was splashing the water in all directions 

 when the accompanying photograph was 

 made. — Margaret S. Hitchcock, Mor- 

 rhtoivn, N. J . 



have bred for four years, and are back 

 now preparing another nest. I presume 

 that they are the same pair, but of course 

 cannot say positively. They are quite 

 tame, and I have on several occasions 

 placed my hand on the back of the fe- 



