82 METHODS OF ATTRACTING BIRDS 



" The woodpeckers eat nothing but suet, while 

 the juncos eat nothing but crumbs and seeds. The 

 birds have a decided preference for doughnut- 

 crumbs, although they are very fond of bread- 

 crumbs. The brown creeper likes crumbs and suet, 

 while the chickadees and nuthatches, although 

 they will eat anything I give them, like nuts and 

 squash-seeds best. I crack nuts for them and give 

 them shells and all, while I simply break the 

 squash-seeds in two." Samuel D. Bobbins. 



" There is no better food to attract jays than 

 chestnuts. Whole corn comes next and afterwards 

 meat. 



" A first-class bird-food is the berry of the 

 myrtle, bayberries; practically all birds eat 

 them. 



" Quail are fond of picking over hayseed and 

 chaff for the weed and grass in it. In fact all the 

 sparrows are as fond of this as of anything. 



"I think that the Japanese barnyard millet 

 is the favorite among all seeds for the majority 

 of our birds in Massachusetts. Fox sparrows are 

 fond of this. They took it from our shelf all 

 icinter. The white-throated sparrow is a glutton 

 for Japanese millet. 



" The goldfinch prefers sunflower-seeds to all 

 others." E. II. Forbitsh. 



