26 NEWS FROM THE BIRDS. 



wrote me that this species has remained in her 

 latitude every w^inter since she has begun to 

 observe the birds. 



^' Scarcely a day passes, when I am out of 

 doors, but I see one of these birds on our wal- 

 nut trees," she writes. "This morning the 

 thermometer was eight degrees below zero, 

 with a strong wind blowing and snow falling 

 fast. I put on my rubber boots and waded 

 out to see how the birds ^vere faring, and 

 found the red-breasted woodpecker, as usual, 

 scurrying up and down the walnut trees, ap- 

 parently finding many a tasteful morsel. He 

 is so tame that he doesn't mind being looked 

 at when near the house. Having satisfied his 

 appetite for insects, he ilew over to a crack in 

 the bin and regaled himself on corn." 



These facts are of deep interest to the lover 

 of feathered folk, but no less interesting is the 

 fact that this girl would wade out through the 

 deep snow on a bitter winter morning to study 

 them. What a legion of young bird students 

 we shall have in the near future ! Their num- 

 ber is increasing every day. 



I am minded to add a little more about 

 birds fi'om the pen of my interesting corre- 

 spondent : 



'' The constant companions of Mr. Zebra 



