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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY 



ANSWERS TO OCTOBER PUZZLES. 



Pi of California birds. 

 1 California Gull. 2 Snowfiake. 3 Northern Shrike. 

 5 Titmouse. 6 Nuthatch. 7 Kinglet. 8 Bushtit. 

 10 Rock Wren. 11 Thrasher. 12 Wagtail. 



4 Bluebird. 

 9 Chickadee. 



SOME BIRDS OF THE BIBLE. 



11. Quail. 



12. Raven. 



13. Sparrow. 



14. Stork. 



15. Swallow. 



16. Swan. 



17. Bittern. 



18. Cormorant. 



19. Crane. 



20. Cuckoo. 



Birds translated difiEerently in Revised Version. 



1. Swan — Horned Owl. 4. Cormorant — Pelican. 



2. Eagle — Griffon. 5. Bittern — Porcupine. 



3. Gier Eagle — Egypt Vulture. 6. Ossifrage — V^ulture. 



BROWN PELICANS. 



Mamma and I had spent last winter in St. Petersburg, Fla., though a 

 small place it is very interesting on account of the many birds. 



About nine a. m. we would walk along the beach and see numbers of 

 the pretty Snowy and Little Blue Herons walking around in the shallow 

 water picking up any little morsel that might suit their taste. 



Walking out on the longest pier, we saw many Brown Pelicans, they 

 are not molested and hence are very tame. 



If you have caught a fish and are taking it off the hook, you must be 

 careful or they will grab it out of your hands. Sometimes when men 

 throw their line in, a Pelican grabs their floater, but the men get them 

 away from the Pelicans. Often they try to get it many times, before 

 the fisherman can drive them away. They say they are a nuisayice. 

 They seem to think that everything that is thrown into the bay is fish 

 for them. Often I saw thirty by one fish house. 



One gloomy morning I was attracted to a tree by the twittering of 

 many birds. It was a flock af Cedar Waxwings feeding on berries. It 



