AMERICAN ORXITHOLOGY. 125 



FRIENDLY BIRDS. 



My sister, brother and I are interested in the study of birds. We 

 have a bird-shelf and the birds are so tame since we killed all our cats. 



Fourteen different kinds of birds have eaten off of our bird-shelf, the 

 Chickadees, Tomtits, Winter Wren, Tree Sparrow, Song Sparrow, 

 White-throated and White-crowned Sparrows, Carolina Wren, Bewick's 

 Wren, Lark, Finch, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Junco, Blue Jay and 

 White-breasted Nuthatch. The Tomtits, Chickadees and Carolina 

 Wrens eat out of our hands, one Red-bellied Woodpecker ate out of 

 my sister's hand' and one Winter Wren out of mine. 



We carry a can of nuts for the Tomtits, and when we see them even 

 in the woods they ate out of our hands. Three Tomtits came in the 

 house last winter. 



I have seen 92 different kinds of birds. 



There is a Bluebird nesting in the garden and a Carolina Wren has a 

 nest in an old store room. 



Last summer a Mocking-bird built in a honeysuckle close to the 

 house, a Blue-jay built in the rafters of our barn, a Cardinal built in our 

 garden, a summer Tanager built in our back yard, the little ones were 

 so tame they would perch on our fingers, and a Carolina Wren built in 

 the buggy-house and we could sit in the buggy and watch it feed the 

 little ones; when they were learning to fly they would light on our 

 heads and crawl upon our necks. A Bewick's Wren built under an old 

 straw shed, a Maryland Yellow Throat built in our plum orchard, and a 

 Mourning Dove and Bob White built in our orchard. 



Mary Barry, (12 years old) 



Columbus, Kentucky. 



Some Pi. made by J. Howard Binns of Adena, Ohio. 



QUERIES. 



1. What bird eats and sleeps upon the waves, scarcely coming to land 

 but to nest? 



2. What bird hangs his food upon thorns for future use? 



3. What bird carries its young in its bill from its nest in a hollow tree 

 to the water? 



