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chickadees fed from my hand, while the white-breasted nuthatches, 

 juncos, and brown creepers fed from a board restaurant that hangs 

 from a wire out of harm's reach. The brown creepers and nuthatches 

 are very awkward when they are not upon the tree, and the nuthatch is 

 still more awkward when he tries to perch upon the wires near the res- 

 taurant. Many of the birds even come to my window-sill when I am 

 very near. The woodpeckers enjoy suet with the above mentioned 

 birds, and the blue-jays on a large nut tree near by. Strange to say, 

 the English sparrows seldom, if ever, attempt to eat of the food I pro- 

 vide and I have never seen them drive away another bird. 



Samuel Dowse Robbins, 



Belmont, Mass. 



One day last summer when I was picking wild azalias, I saw a nice 

 bush of it and ran there and began to pick the flowers. While I was 

 doing so I spied a newly made nest in the center of the bush. I knew 

 other people would come there to get the flowers and find the nest, so 

 I picked off all the blossoms. Seeing no bird around to claim the nest 

 I did not know what kind it was. I visited it a week affer and found 

 a brave little mother sitting on four eggs. 



I fouad out that it was a Chestnut-sided Warbler. The next time I 

 came there were four newly fledged birds. She did not mind if I came 

 within a yard from her. The birds had all flown in a week, and I took 

 the nest. 



Alfred Boyd, Waterbury, Conn. 



ENIGMA, 

 My 1-9-18-13 is a metal. 

 My 2-8-5-17-9-6 is a state. 

 My 7-12-11-20 is a piece of money. 

 My 3-2-6-4-9-16 is a foreign city. 

 My 14-15 20-20-19-11 is a young animal. 

 My 7-8-9-10 is a black bird. 

 My l-2-3-4-5-6-7-8t9-10-ll-12-13-14-12-16-17-18-19-20 is a small bird. 



lU'ssEL S. Adams. St. Johnsbur^. Vt. 



PI. TWELVE BIRDS WHICH WALK INSTEAD OF HOPPING. 



1. Tailkrt 7. squila 



2. sadpinsper 8. clakb-dribs 



3. spines 9. slow-slaw 



4. rovelsp 10. deamow-ralks 



5. sourge 11. skilbobon 



6. gonesip 12. lono-ridbs 



