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of wood thrushes who nested last summer in the 
yard of her house in the city of Orange, N. J. 
The birds soon found out that some of the fam- 
ily would come to drive away strange cats which 
came in. After they learned that, when a cat 
appeared they would give a peculiar cry, unlike 
any other heard from them. On hearing this, 
one of the family always hurried out and drove 
the enemy away. 
If the birds could not get any response from 
a call at the kitchen door, they would fly to the 
front of the house, perch on the piazza rail, and 
call till some one came out. All through nesting- 
time they thus called on their friends for protec- 
tion, and the delight the family had over the 
nest and the friendly birds amply repaid them 
for their trouble. 
The one great necessity, in both city and 
country, is water for drinking and bathing. It 
should be in a shallow dish. The rough saucer 
of a flower-pot is best, because the bird’s feet 
do not slip on it, and the edge is broad and round 
and easy to perch on. 
Next best is an earthen dish, with clean 
pebbles in the bottom, to avoid slipping, which 
frightens them. Water should never be more 
than two inches deep, but should always be 
clean, and fresh two or three times a day. 
