220 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



3. Chat, Vesper, Sparrow, Carolina Wren, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 

 Mocking bird. 



4. Woodpeckers, Bluebirds, Swallows, Great-crested Flycatcher, 

 Wren. 



5. Martins, Bluebirds, Wrens, Sparrows, White-bellied Swallows. 



6. Owls, Eagles, Fish Hawks, Bluebirds, Great-crested Flycatchers. 



7. Brown Creepers, Black and White Warblers, White and Red- 

 breasted Nuthatches, Woodpeckers. 



8. Bluebird, Indigo Bunting, Kingfisher, Blue Jay, Black-throated 

 Blue Warbler. 



9. Whip-poor-will, Wood Duck. 



10. A Merrythought is the forked bone of a fowls breast, often 

 called a wishbone. 



ROLL OF HONOR. 



Leroy S. Noble, William U. Elliott, Stanley Drake, Stal^ord Francis. 



WHAT WERE THEIR NAMES. 



Willie Parmelee was lost. You would suppose that a boy who had 

 just had a birthday, and was five years old would know better, but 

 to tell the truth, he had run away. His mother told him not to go out- 

 side the yard, but an organ grinder with just the cutest little monkey 

 went up the street, and what small boy could resist following just a little 

 way to see the queer antics of the little fellow in the cap and scarlet 

 coat. Then, before he was fairly started for home again he heard a 

 clear whistle which seemed to say to him, "look up, way up, look at 

 me, Willie!" He looked up and there in the maple boughs sat another 

 scarlet coated fellow, not a wizened faced monkey this time but a gay 



with bright coat and black wings. Will's 



sister had often read the American Ornithology to him; wouldn't 

 she be pleased when he told her about this beautiful bird; so as the 



flew away towards the woods, the small boy trudged along 



after him, through bushes and briers, over stones and fallen logs, for 

 another glimpse. Out of breath, he soon sat down under an old chest- 

 nut tree. His little friend in scarlet had disappeared, but here were 

 other birds all about him. He would use eyes and ears and learn what 

 they were. A pair of jaunty little fellows with black velvety caps 

 above gray and white coats, hopped fearlessly about from limb to limb. 

 "Who are you?" whispered the boy softly, quick as a flash came back 



the reply, . A tiny olive brown bird with breast of 



yellowish white sat near by on a dead branch, and jerking head and tail, 

 with great emphasis, clearly told him over and over that its name was 



