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weather-vane feeders and other more elaborate devices that have been described 

 or advertised in Bird-Lore are very satisfactory. A very simple and satisfac- 

 tory shelf, however, can be made by any child out of the top of a barrel 

 as here illustrated. The hoops are used to make a framework over part of 



A HOMEMADE-FEEDING SHELF AnD A CHICKADEE WAITING FOR A 

 JUNCO TO FINISH EATING 



the shelf, and this framework is covered with cloth or woven with evergreen 

 twigs to keep out the snow. 



This sort of a feeding-station could be put up in any place where a child 

 wishes to feed the birds, and teachers should encourage their pupils to make 

 feeding stations at their homes or in the nearest woods similar to the one at 

 the school. After the feeding stations have become well patronized, it would 

 make a most interesting field- trip to take the class from one to another, and it 



