How to Attract the Birds 



by a strange and beautiful coincidence, was one of 

 Audubon's old prints. Some branches of bright 



alder berries happily 

 stood in a vase on the 

 mantel below. Fear 

 was instantly forgot- 

 ten in the joy of 

 feasting. After a 

 hearty meal of the 

 familiar fruit, and 

 deep draughts o f 

 water from a cup 

 placed near the ber- 

 ries, the thrush de- 

 parted as it came, 

 but refreshed for its 

 travels. If this den- 



A combination bath tub and drinking pan 



izen 



of the woods 

 could forget its nat- 

 ural shyness under such unnatural conditions, how 

 much more readily will invitations to feast be 

 accepted al fresco ? 



THE MOST INTERESTING SPOT ON 

 YOUR GROUNDS 



In regions where there are no brooks or lakes, 

 birds must sometimes fly many miles for a drink. 

 Perhaps more young birds die for lack of water 

 than from any other cause. Not even a mulberry 

 tree attracts so many visitors as a bath tub, which 

 also serves them as a drinking pan, for they are not 

 squeamish ! 



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