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the Cliff Swallow, the Chewink, the Flicker, the Redstart, the Chipping 

 Sparrow, and several others very near the house and barn. All of these birds 

 seem to know a friend immediately. If we go out to rescue any one of these 

 from danger, they stop calling and seem perfectly confident. The Killdeer, 

 on the contrary, becomes more afraid than ever if anyone tries to help her. 

 Its call grows louder and more plaintive until it becomes a despairing scream. 

 In spite of this apparent fear of man, it builds in our fields, within a very 

 short distance of our house and barn. At all hours of the day and night, the 

 sad, plaintive call of the Killdeer is heard. It has a very weird sound when 

 heard in the middle of the night, suddenly breaking the silence. I value this 

 new acquaintance more because of its total difference from all of my other 

 bird friends. — Ruth M. Baillie, (Age, 17 years), Allendale, N. J. 



[Let us hope that the Killdeers will return to this farm where they are so well cared for 

 every year, and that Miss Baillie will continue to make the most of her opportunity to ob- 

 serve them as she has done this year. — A. A. A.] 



CATBIRD FEEDING YOUNG 

 Photographed by Joseph Pollak, Carman, N. Y. 



