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1 li;ivf ,srvcr;il times sih'D it siii<riiig iiiul 

 li;iv(' siiot it tiic net. tluit tlii'iv niift-lil '"' 

 no luistaki' ulxuil it. For Ix'ttcr pi'oof I 

 can do no better than to eoju' IVoni 

 ,Ioiin HniToiigir.s l)ook, "Wake-Mobin ;" 

 "Mounting i>.v easy lligiils to the to]) o!' 

 the tallest tree, he launches into the 

 air with a sort of sus|)en(le(l, hoveling 

 lligiit, like certain ol' tiie lini'hes, and 

 bui'sts into a jjcrfect ecstacy oi' song, 

 ciear, ringing and copious, rivaling tlii' 

 gohltinches in \ i\acily, and the linnets 

 in nieiod\ . Tins refrain is one <d" the 

 larest bits of l)ir(l nieloily to be heaid, 

 and is oftenest indulged in lati' in the 

 afternoon or after sundown." 



C. A. S. 

 N. Y. City. 



Th3 Cedar Waxwing Eating Potato 

 Bugs. 



My father called me one day last 

 sunmu'r out to his potato i)atch and 

 showed me a bird that was Inisily catch- 

 ing and eating jjotato bugs. I learned 

 shortly after that it was a Cedar Wax- 

 w ing. It built its nest a block or two 

 away and continued to come and catch 

 i)Ugs fi'om our ])otato vines all siuunier. 

 I never knew befoi-e that a liird would 

 <'at iiotato bugs. 



(iEO. W. VOSIU KG, 



C<)hunl)us, ^Vis. 



constructed of nioss, lined with line 

 roots and ornamented on the outside 

 Avith lichen.s. U'liere is only one nest 

 that excels it ill beauty, t hat is the Blue- 

 gray (iiiateatcher. 



The eggs are three or four in number, 

 of a beautiful creamy while, spotled 

 around the large end with obscure lilae 

 and rich brown. 



J. A. !>., Morgaiitowii, N. C. 



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Wood Pewee. 



I*robai)ly oiu' of the' best known l)irds 

 in eastei-n United States is the Wood 

 Pewee. In this country it is known 

 as the "Moss Pewee," which name I 

 think is very appropriate, as its ni^st is 

 built almo.st entirely of moss. 



The description of one .<et will c-ome 

 very near answering for thi'iu all, so 

 similar are thej' to each other. I 



The nest is situated on the horizontal ; 

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