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Bird - Lore 



dropped very cautiously over the pieces of 

 bread; and those that were on the other side 

 of the lake started on their journey to a 

 bountiful repast. Thus the birds got their 

 food, and I got my pictures. — Thomas A. 

 Taper, Negaunee, Mich. 



A Winter Sapsucker 



Since January 3, 1922, the Yellow-bellied 

 Sapsucker, shown in the accompanying 

 photograph, has been an almost daily visitor 



pool. Suddenly a bass jumped from the 

 water and swallowed the Hummingbird!" — 

 Mary E. Lockwood, Lakewood, N. J. 



A Winter Phcebe at Bennington, Vt. 



On February 1, 1922, 1 was sitting on a box 

 by our barn, when I heard the familiar note of 

 the Phcebe, and, upon looking upward, saw 

 him dash from the roof and catch a fly which 

 had been enticed to come out of his winter 

 hiding-place by the warm sun. Then the 



A WINTER SAPSUCKER 

 Photographed by Florence M. Fraser 



at our window bird-table, where he partakes 

 of hemp seed. He seems to be an object of 

 curiosity to our other bird guests who are 

 just getting up enough courage to eat behind 

 his back. — Florence M. Fraser, Morris- 

 town, N. J., Feb. 19, 1922. 



Hummingbird and Bass 



A letter from a member of my family, 

 from Santa Barbara, Calif., dated November 

 16, 1921, contains a sentence which seems 

 worthy of record in Bird-Lore. It reads: 

 "We were seated by the lotus-pool when a 

 Hummingbird flew and hovered over the 



Phcebe sat on a twig about twenty feet away 

 from me and vigorously switched his tail. 

 In a few minutes he flew away and I did not 

 see him any more. I was very much sur- 

 prised at his early appearance, as Phcebes 

 do not usually arrive in this locality before 

 March. There is no question of his identity, 

 as I saw him very plainly. The thermometer 

 stood at 48 degrees at the time. — (Miss) 

 Carol Jones, Bennington, Vt. 



The Starling in Tennessee 



It may be of interest to know that the 

 Starling has reached our vicinity. I ob- 



