WISCONSIN BIRD-STUDY BULLETIN. 27 



the scheme states that other birds will feed at the table, but that the 

 English sparrow will not visit it a second time. 



If the lunch counter proves attractive, as it doubtless will, many 

 a happy hour is in store for the friends within while they study at 

 close range, the manners of the chickadee, the red-breasted luithatcli, 

 white breasted nuthatch, downy and hairy woodpeckers, bluejay, 

 juneo, an occasional robin and, maybe, one or two other visitors. Ihe 

 juncos are not so likely to find the table as the others as they are 

 accustomed to search for their food close to the ground. For these 

 birds^ as for the white throated sparrows, white crowned and tree 

 sparrows, the better way is to keep a bit of ground clear of snow and 

 place the food upon it. 



Of the last birds mentioned, the junco is the only one that may be 

 expected after severe weather arrives and even the junco mil remaiu^ 

 if at all, in the very southernmost part of our state. 



To those living in central and northern "Wisconsin, may come the 

 pleasure of watching the pine and evening grosbeaks, the red and 

 the white winged crossbills, Bohemian waxmng and snow bunting. 



All winter birds must have a good supply of heat producing food. 

 To most of them suet proves very acceptable. The best way to furnish 

 it is to tie. a piece about three inches long in a band of cloth about ai* 

 inch wide and long enough to go around the limb or trunk of a tree 

 and then fasten the band to a tree near the house. 



