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NATURE-STUDY REVIEW 



[13:5— May, 1917 



neither black nor blue on her but only a neutral olive green with 

 whitish underneath. 



A PARENT TEACHER'S ASSOCIATION INTERESTED IN BIRDS 

 Margaret F. Small, Springfield, Mo. 



I am enclosing the 

 picture of a bird-house 

 which was one of che 

 five hundred made by 

 the school children of 

 this city, che work being 

 done chiefly at home, in 

 a contesc given under 

 che auspices of che 

 Council of Parent-Teach- 

 ers Associations. 



This particular house 

 was made from the limb 

 of a cherry tree where a 

 woodpecker had built its 

 nest the year before. The 

 inside of the nest was 

 plastered with what 

 seemed like wood pulp 

 and sand made into a 

 solid mass. 



Can any one explain 

 this phenomenon? 



Chrissie Reeves and the Bluebird's Nest she 

 Made from an Abandoned Woodpecker 

 Apartment. 



STATIONARY BIRD HOUSES INJURE TREES 

 Parmalee Evans, Erie, Pa. 



"Never allow stationary bird-houses in any of your trees!" 

 Many times this statement, from a city forester, is received with 

 surprise by bird-house enthusiasts. 



By a "stationary" bird-house, we mean one that is nailed or 

 wired firmly and permanently. It hinders the growing bark and, 

 if the pressure is unresisting, usually kills it. If a piece of lumber 

 (whether a part of a bird-house or not) is nailed to a tree, it will 



