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which they evidently distinguish from familiar 

 pieces of furniture and regard with alarm. 



This, too, is the best time to secure pictures of 

 Juncos, 21 Chickadees, Nuthatches, Downy Woodpeck- 

 ers, Blue Jays, and less common winter birds. The 

 four last named are rarely or never seen about my 

 home in winter. Doubtless the abundant and sur- 

 rounding woodlands afford them a more congenial 

 haunt, from which they are not to be enticed by suet, 

 bones, or grain ; or, more likely still, the custom of 

 putting out food for birds is so unusual in the region 

 about New York city that they have not yet learned 

 to expect it. It is a most pleasing surprise to the 



immm: 





21. Junco. 





resident of this section to observe the numbers and 

 familiarity of winter birds in the environs of Boston, 

 where a feast seems spread for them in nearly every 

 dooryard. 



