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a fierce war had been waged with the Bluebirds. The Martins won out. Young birds 

 were raised and about the last week in August all took their flight, much to our regret. 

 Enclosed is a snap-shot. I am pleased to say the venture was a great success. 



Yours truly, 



(Mrs. George) Emma V. Zieoler. 



Brooklyn, New York City, July 11, 1910. 



Mr. J. Warren Jacobs, 

 Waynesburg, Pa. 



Dear Sir: 



Replying to your circular letter regarding the Purple Martin house purchased from 

 you this spring, I would state that it was put up about the end of April at Fort Salonga, 

 Long Island, N. Y. This is where I reside in the summer and it is about 42 miles from 

 Xcw York on the north shore of Long Island. 



There are no Martin houses anywhere within miles of the locality so far as I know. 

 I have failed to observe any Martins in that locality, although I have lived there for 

 several summers. I had about given up the idea of seeing any Martins this summer, 

 when on the 14th of June one male and two females appeared. Since then another 

 male has arrived so that there are two pairs living in the house. 



The location of the place is particularly favored by song birds, owing to some 

 springs near by, which always provide water. This is rather unusual on the north 

 shore of Long Island. We are located about one-half mile from the Long Island Sound. 

 We are rather pleased to think that we have been so successful in getting the Martin 

 colony started the first year the house was put up. 



I enclose photograph of the house, and would state that it is located about one 

 hundred feet from the residence and about the same distance from the barn, on a pole 

 15 feet high. 



Yours very truly, 



I ; . M. Brooks. 



See Fig. 8 for halftone reproduction of Mr. Brook's' bird-house. 



64 Court St., NEW Castle, Pa., August 2."), 1910. 



Mr. J. Warren Jacobs, 

 Waynesburg, Pa. 

 Dear Sir: 



The Xo. 7 Bird-house purchased from you this spring was placed in position about 

 April 1st. We did not see any birds for two or three weeks until one morning a pair of 

 them came and made a thorough examination of the house. They appeared on two 

 other occasions at intervals of a week or ten days. One morning about the middle of 

 May there were four pairs looking around the house, and one pair settled in one of the 

 rooms oil the porch roof. They started to build hut cold weather set in and we thought 

 we were going to lose them, However, as soon as the weather got good they started 

 again on their nest. 



