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A supply of water in shallow receptacles set flush with the 

 turf will fully repay all it costs in entertaining views of avian 

 lavatory operations. Robins love a shower-bath from spray- 



ing fountains on hot summer afternoons, and where lawns are 

 kept close-cropped and well watered, robins are always on 

 hand for the earthworms that come to the moist surface. We 



DIAGRAM OF BIRD'S-BATH. 



have known robins to come a long distance to get food for 

 their young on a well-watered lawn. Mr. Frank M. Chapman 

 has described l an excellent bird's-bath in use on his grounds, 



1 Bird Lore, vol. iii. p. 74. 



