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A "WEATHERCOCK" FOOD HOUSE* . . .140 

 A WINDOW Box IN THE AUTHOR'S STUDY . . 148 



From a photograph by Louise Birt Baynes 



AN AUDUBON FOOD HOUSE IN WINTER* . . 154 



AN "AUTOMATIC" FOOD HOUSE HOLDS A BUSHEL 



OF SEED* . .... 154 



BARRED OWL, USUALLY A BENEFICIAL BIRD* . 160 

 A DECORATIVE BIRD BATH* .... 168 

 YOUNG BALTIMORE ORIOLE BEFORE THE BATH* . 178 



AFTER THE BATH * 178 



SONG SPARROWS ENJOYING A BATH* . . .190 

 BIRD BATH IN THE AUTHOR'S GARDEN. . .190 



From a photograph by Louise Birt Baynes 



CHICKADEE FEEDING UNDER A BERLEPSCH "Fooo 



BELL"* 202 



CHICKADEE AT A BERLEPSCH NEST Box* . . 202 



A BIRD BATH MEMORIAL TO EDWARD EVERETT 



HALE* 212 



A BIRD BATH IN NEWTON CENTRE, MASS. . . 226 



From a photograph by Marr 



BRONZE BIRD BATH COMMEMORATING THE "BIRD 



MASQUE" 230 



Designed by Mrs. Louis Saint-Gaudens 



DUCKS DYING OF STARVATION ON LONG ISLAND . 240 



From a photograph by Wilbur Smith 



A SWAN THAT WAS CARRIED OVER THE FALLS . 240 

 From a photograph by James Savage 



