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and some others, the undertaking seems too great 

 for the supposed meagre returns, but short skirts and 

 properly dressed feet go far toward making a tramp 

 through the fields and woods, e^ven during the winter 

 months, wonderfully delightful. Speaking generally, 

 the most common bird will now have an unusual 

 amount of wwcommon interest about it. It will be 

 almost as good as the study of a new species in 

 some ways it is better. The delightful tramp through 

 the bracing air, and the fact that you have seen an 

 old friend under new conditions, will make you rejoice 

 more than will the sight of a dozen birds when birds 

 are plentiful. 



During the winter months the birds are not so 

 scarce, only we must know where and how to look 

 for them. We have with us our permanent residents, 

 which include most of the hawks and owls, bluejay, 

 bob-white, song sparrow, crow, meadow lark, flicker, 

 American goldfinch, ruffed grouse, purple finch, and 

 a few others. These with our winter residents, the 

 brown creeper, junco, crossbill, white-throated spar- 

 row, snowflake, northern shrike, and redpoll, still 

 leave us a considerable variety for study. A thorough 

 acquaintance with these winter birds alone will take 

 us many a season. 



These are but a few of the many facts concerning 



