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stances would not be attractive to them. The 

 various records to which the author has had ac- 

 cess indicate that the same species, in different 

 localities, may prefer different kinds of food. Fol- 

 lowing are some of the preferences shown by the 

 birds as reported by different observers : — 



" The chickadee preferred the raw pork rinds 

 to the suet. However, nothing seems to tempt the 

 appetite of these birds like the seeds of the sun- 

 flower."— ^. C.Dike, 



" The white-breasted nuthatch ate everything 

 from cracked corn to suet, but seemed particularly 

 fond of walnut meats." — Edwin C, Brown. 



" Hungry birds will eat many things that do not 

 belong strictly to bird-diet ; but two articles I have 

 found will suffice for all species, suet in good-sized 

 lumps, that will not be torn to shreds too soon for 

 the woodpeckers and all other tree-trunk-climb- 

 ing birds, and any one of the various dog-biscuits, 

 broken into pieces of various sizes, ranging from 

 that of a chestnut, which jays and nuthatches love 

 to pound up to suit their tastes, to crumbs that 

 tempt the junco, tree sparrow, purple finch, snow- 

 flake, and even the robins and bluebirds ; and the 

 chickadee will take both meat and bread." — 

 Mabel Osgood Wright 



