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I think one nice way to attract Hummingbirds and Goldfinches around a 

 house is to have cannas and sunflowers planted in the yard. — (Miss) 

 Gladys Fanton, Good Ground, L. I. 



[See 'Experiments in Feeding Hummingbirds During Seven Summers,' The Wil- 

 son Bulletin, Vol. XXV, No. 85. Among our daintiest and most familiar birds, the two 

 species referred to above oflfer daily pleasure and interest to anyone so fortunate as to 

 have their companionship. The female Hummingbird when perching looks more like 

 a large dragonfly than a bird. The Goldfinch is quite as acrobatic as the Chickadee in 

 its feeding activities. — A. H. W.] 



CALIFORNIA THRASHER 

 Photographed by Emily S. M. Waite 



A CALIFORNIA THRASHER 



This photograph of a California Thrasher was taken near the 'Cottages' at the 

 upper end of the Ojai Valley, Ventura County, California, which is a veritable paradise 

 for birds, from the humble 'Linnet' to the great Condor sailing over the highest peaks of 

 the Santa Ynez Mountains. We had for implements a No. 3 A. Folding Kodak, with 

 portrait lens, and a wooden box loaded with stones, to which the camera was tied as we 

 possessed no clamp to steady it. We placed a large flat stone on a pedestal of smaller 

 ones, and put food on it twice a day before we tried any snapshots. — Emily S. M. 

 Waite, Nordhoff, California. 



