THE WAY TO STUDY BIRDS 



the species that you are feeding, unless you are 

 sufficiently philanthropic to wish to satisfy all 

 tastes. The following is a good list of suitable 

 food and outfit 1 : 



(1) Beef suet, for Woodpeckers, etc., should 

 be tied to the branch of some tree by heavy cord 

 or wire to prevent the birds or vermin from 

 carrying the suet away; or preferably placed in a 

 "Simplex Suet Holder/* made by the Simplex 

 Bird Apparatus Co., Demarest, New Jersey. 



(2) Seed Mixture for the seed-eating birds. 

 This group includes the Sparrows and Juncos. 

 The Mixture should be placed in the upper part 

 of a small wooden hopper, which allows the birds 

 to feed out of the lower part. The Mixture should 

 consist equally of white millet, yellow millet, 

 canary and hemp seed. 



(3) Sunflower seed scattered on the ground 

 or an adjacent shelf. 



(4) Poultry "scratch food" strewn on the 

 surrounding ground. 



Keep away the English Sparrows and Starlings 

 at any cost. Their presence will mean far fewer 

 native varieties. 



Begin your winter feeding early, so that before 

 the hard winter storms come the birds will 

 become acquainted with your hospitality and 

 accustomed to avail themselves of its use. 



X I desire to thank Mr. Beecher S. Bowdish for the 

 greater part of the following information on food and 

 apparatus. 



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