ÄMERTCAN ORNITHOLOGY. 29 



ROLL OF HONOR. 



Huldah Chace Smith, Providence, R. L 

 Charles Alexander, Gloversville, N. Y. 

 Louise Jordan, Defiance, Ohio. 

 Abbie Wedenburgh, Curran, 111. 



Painted Bunting. 



ENIGMA NO. 2. 



MAIL^BAG EXTRACTS. 



I had a funny experience with a pair of House Wrens last spring. I 

 made a bird house especially for Wrens and put it up on our shed. It 

 had two compartments and the door to one was about the size of a 

 quarter and that of the other was some larger. 



About the first of May, a pair of "Wrens appeared around the yard 

 and the male soon found the house. It suited him, so he tried to get 

 his mate to inspect it. He sat in a vine nearby and sang, and sang, 

 and finally coaxed her to go into it and look it over. She soon came 

 out and fiew away, while he scolded and chased after her. After that 

 by a great deal of singing he got her to look the house over a number 

 of times, and at last she deeided to build in it. 



On May 14th, I saw the female picking up twigs and starting to 

 build in the house, but then the trouble began, for each of them liked a 

 different compartment. 



The male liked the one with the small round door, and the female 



