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Attracting the birds. Bird houses consisting of small 

 boxes roofed over, cans open at one end, or other suitable 

 receptacles placed in trees or on posts in secluded places 

 will do much to attract certain birds. When deep snow 

 covers the ground in winter, hiding the seeds and other 

 food, it will pay well to scatter a little grain each day 

 where the non-migrating birds will find it. 



English sparrows, male and female. 



How to treat a friend. Bird hunting should not be 

 with a gun, but with a camera, field glass or alert eyes for 

 the purpose of becoming acquainted with our feathered 

 friends. Birds' nests should never be disturbed, the eggs 

 handled or the young worried during nesting time. The 

 fashion which decorates hats with the plumage of birds, 



