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ties of birds come down for the seeds or crumbs which had been thrown out 

 for them. In the trees near the house, where the branches rested on the roof, 

 a Catbird's nest and two Robins' nests were nestled among the leaves. We put 

 up several boxes and in two of them the Wrens built their nest, but one pair 

 of Wrens built several times, only to have their nest torn down by the Eng- 

 lish Sparrows, so it was very late before they at last found their home in a box 

 on the end of the shed, which had been placed there for that purpose. Mother 

 Wren sat there very patiently until her little brood of four were all hatched, 

 then one day we heard the baby Wrens crying piteously and, after watching 

 for some time, we did not see Mother or Father Wren come to feed them. We 

 put up a ladder to see if we could discover what was the matter, but could 

 only see the four babies without father or mother. We came down discon- 

 solate, because we knew we could not feed them, as they only eat insects from 

 underneath old decayed timber, but on looking back to the ladder, we were 

 surprised to see Mother Wren with one broken wing hopping up the ladder 

 with her mouth full for her babies. Then she came down again for more, and 



Group of 105 grammar-school children. lc:i\ in- Rn^M- Williams Park :\luseum. 

 Pro\idence, R. I., after attending a tree lecture on birds. 54 of these pupils became 

 members of a Junior Audubon Society as a result of the lecture. The same school has 

 sent 10 different classes to the Museum for bird lectures, and has a total of 178 Junior 

 .Vudubon members. Since last October, the Audubon Society and the Museum have 

 cooperated in giving 35 lectures on birds to 2,795 children. 



H. L. Madisox, Curator. 



