84 METHODS OF ATTRACTING BIRDS 



flower-seeds have proved a great favorite even 

 with some insectivorous species like the chickadee 

 and white-breasted nuthatch, which often select 

 these seeds in preference to meat. 



Birds tamed to eat from the Hand. The 

 kinds of food which birds have eaten from the 

 hand may also suggest another way of ascertain- 

 ing the kinds of food preferred, as evidently the 

 birds need some special inducement to alight 

 on the human hand, at least, for the first time. 

 The following table summarizes in brief form the 

 records which the author has been able to find of 

 winter birds which have become so tame as to 

 feed from the hand. In some of these cases the 

 birds took the food from the hand in preference 

 to other kinds lying near. 



BIRDS FEEDING FROM THE HAND 



Number 

 Name of Bird. of Recordt. Food used. 



Chickadee 6 Walnut, beechnut, nuts, dough- 



nut-crumbs, bread-crumbs, 

 sunflower-seeds. 



Red-breasted nuthatch 3 Beechnuts, doughnut- and 



bread-crumbs. 



White-breasted nuthatch 2 Walnuts, nuts. 



Redpoll 1 Millet. 



Tufted titmouse 1 Nuts. 



Oregon jay 1 Fat. 



Whiskey Jack 1 Bread. 



Evening grosbeak 1 Not recorded. 



Bluebird 1 Meal-worms (in spring). 



Chipping sparrow 1 Bread-crumbs " " 



