xviii Illustrations 



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ST. CATHERINE'S LIGHT-HOUSE, ISLE OF WIGHT, 



SHOWING BIRD-RESTS .... 256 

 Courtesy of Our Dumb Animals 



SOME JUNIOR MEMBERS OF THE CORN-FIELD BIRD 



CLUB OF CORNISH . . . . .270 



" RAISING THE MARTIN HOUSE " FOR THE CHARLES- 

 TOWN BIRD CLUB ..... 270 



From a photograph by Walter Buswell 



TRAMPLING SNOW TO MAKE A FEEDING STATION* . 280 

 CITIZENS OF MERIDEN GIVING THE BIRDS A DAY'S 



WORK* ....... 280 



THE RIGHT KIND OF FEATHERS FOR A HAT* . 290 



*From a photograph by the author 



