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Address communications for this department to 



Meg Merrythought, 60x772, Waterbury, Ct. 



My Dear Young Folks: 



Our Roll of Honor this month shows that you have spent some of 

 your time with our magazine during your vacation. I am afraid I con- 

 fused some of you because I spelled phebe with five letters instead 

 of six in the missing word puzzle for July. Though "phebe" and 

 "phoebe" are both given in the Century dictionary, the latter seems to 

 be the most familiar to our readers. Several gave pewit as the missing 

 word which is another name for the same bird. Would you like a 

 glimpse into our mail bag this month? It contained many nice letters 

 from our little friends. Here is one from Kansas, in which Marjory 

 Lester tells of the Blue Grosbeak, "which has a nestTin a tree in our 

 yard, it is made of wool and paper, lined with fine root fibers, the eggs 

 are white tinted with blue, and are very pretty." Stanley Cobb has a 

 tip-top record, which I doubt if many of you can beat. He writes "I 

 have had very good luck this year in seeing birds, having seen in all 

 about ninety-three different kinds, and found several nests which I 

 have photographed, the rarest of which is a Scarlet Tanager's nest," 

 Have any of our readers identified a hundred different birds this year? 

 Stafford Francis has been watching the Chewinks upon the ground. 

 "They jump on the leaves with both feet, then they kick out with both 

 feet at once, and send them flying, then they look around for bugs and 

 worms, and then scratch again." This month the wonderful migration 

 to the Southland takes place, keep a sharp lookout, boys and girls, and 

 you may see a part of ihe procession. 



Your Friend, 



Meg Merrythought. 



