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Address communications for this department to 



Meg Merrythought, Box 772, Waterbury, Ct. 



My Dear Young Folks: 



Now comes the Thanksgiving month when our boys and girls will be 

 flocking to the old homestead to help grandfather and grandmother 

 "count up their marcies," and I am sure there is no one who begins to 

 count who will find the month long enough to sum them all up. 



We give you a new game to try on Thanksgiving day, and if you 

 like this one you shall have an out-of-door game later on. J. Lewis 

 Clay gives such an excellent description of one of our most cheery, 

 confiding birds, that, I will print it and see how many of our little 

 readers can name it. Stafford Francis reports a lawn-party of twenty- 

 four Robins. I surprised a large party of Robins in the woods the 

 othea day, but a great many Flickers were also invited. They were 

 playing very quiet games, flying about from tree to tree, and back and 

 forth to the ground with soft chirpings. 



Edward Graves of Clearmont, Mo., sends a good description of an 

 Alder Flycatcher, with accounts of three of their nests that he has 

 found; among other bird-homes he visited last summer were those of 

 the Scarlet Tanager, the Yellow-throated Vireo, and the Yellow-breast- 

 ed Chat. I am sure his name is worthy of a place at the very head of 

 the list of bird observers, for he saw last season no less than one hun- 

 dred and ten birds, which exceeds Stanley Cobb's good record by 

 seventeen. Can any one send a longer list? 



When our next letter reaches you, you will be enjoying the Winter 

 birds. I hope when you pull the wishbones on the twenty-seventh you 

 will think of me. Your Friend, 



Meg Merrythought. 



ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN OCTOBER NUMBER. 



Numerical Enigma. Sandpiper. Numerical Puzzle. Raven. 



