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nest of cotton batting and straws. The male does not come to the 

 window now, so Daisy often carries the food to him as he guards the 

 nest while she is gone. Daisy is our little friend now, and as she sits 

 on the window sill looking for her millers, which are gone, she chirps 

 asking for more, which we quickly bring. 



Marietta Washburn, South Dakota. 



PI containing fifteen different parts of a bird: 1, worcn. 2, rafdeceho. 



3, deanbilm. 4, pean. 5, attroh. 6, streab. 7, teso. 8, mapriries. 

 9, gwin-crevsot. 10, slapscaru. 11, gwin. 12, atli. 13, roles. 14, 

 15, prum. 



What common birds are suggested by 1, A high official in the 

 Roman Catholic Church? 2, A goat? 3, A common household pet? 



4, An animal of great use to man? 5, A piece of money? 6, A crown- 

 ed ruler? 7, A part of a mountain range? 8, A girl's name? 9, Part 

 of a country fence? 10, The act of drinking? 11 and 12, A flogging. 



THE BABES IN THE WOODS. 



How many of our young folks can give the names of these ten 

 babies which I found in my little journeys in the woods in June? I am 

 sure you would be able to name very few of them unless the parent 

 birds were seen, for these woodland infants seem to consist chiefly of 

 a gaping mouth attached to a limited amount of gray skin and bones. 



As I was walking along a shady road, my attention was called by a 

 constant "chirp, chirp," to a little fellow clad in a gray downy coat, 

 holding on for dear life to a short branch far above my head. His 

 voice was hushed for an instant only, by a worm brought by the 

 mother, a bird a little less than six inches long, with beautiful yellow 

 throat and breast, upper parts an olive green, two wing-bars of white, 

 and a yellow ring about her eye. From a higher branch hung a dainty 

 cup, covered with grey lichens, which the little fellow had but recent- 

 ly left. 



Near by was a mud plastered home, to which two olive-grey parents 

 with breasts of red, traveled constantly with worms, berries, millers 

 and all sorts of goodies to satisy four greedy mouths. 



Turning into a path through the woods, I followed a voice which 

 seemed to say "Drink your tea" and through the leaves caught a 

 glimpse of a black and white bird with chestnut colored sides. A short 

 search revealed a home on the ground, beneath the shelter of a black- 

 ened log. 



A brown bird, with a long tail and a spotted breast hopped along the 



