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Here are the plums which Tommy Tucker found in the March "pi"- 

 1, Flicker; 2, forty; 3, Woodpecker; 4, Yucker; 5, breast; 6, red; 7, head; 

 8, white; 9, yellow; 10, cheeks; 11, round; 12, golden; 13, brown; 14, 

 ground; 15, insects; 16, ants; 17, food; 18, crop; 19, tattoos; 20, limb. 



There is an opportunity for sharp eyes to discover ten birds in these 

 pictures. Who will discover every one? 



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GLEANINGS. 



So the Bluebirds have contracted, have they, for a house? 



And a nest is under way for little Mr. Wren? 

 Hush, dear, hush! Be quiet, dear! Quiet as a mouse. 



These are weighty secrets, and we must whisper them. 



— Susan Coolidge. 



All ready, close by our summer dwelling. 

 The Easter Sparrow repeats her song. 



A merry Warbler, she chides the blossoms, 

 The idle blossoms that sleep so long. 



-Bryant. 



JIMMIE THE JAY, 



Possible some of the readers of the A. O. would like to hear about 

 Jim, the Blue-fronted Jay, which I have had some months and which 

 proves to be a most interesting bird. If you wish to know how he ap- 

 pears, just look at the picture on the cover of A. O, for April, 1901. 

 That is a good picture of Jimmie as he will look when he gets his new 

 feathers; just now he has a somewhat ragged appearance. He is chang- 

 ing his coat and the process is a slow one. I got him from a boy whose 



