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use dry leaves in this manner. — Freda 

 L. Hood, Hudson, Ohio. 



A Winter Ruby-crown 



On February 5, 1916, a Ruby-crowned 

 Kinglet appeared on the window-sill of a 

 second-story window, a suet feeding-sta- 

 tion, since which time we have seen three, 

 at least, repeatedly. One of these is 

 apparently a female without a trace of 

 color on her head, another apparently a 

 young male with only a red feather or 

 two, and the third a male in full plumage. 



At first they were very shy, but they 

 have become as tame as the Downies. You 

 can imagine that we have had great pleas- 

 ure in their visits. 



Although we put nuts and crumbs out 

 at different times, we never saw them eat 

 anything but suet. 



I have not seen them since the warm 

 weather came, but I shall look for them 

 again in case the ground becomes covered 

 with snow. 



My class, which is studying birds, and 

 our former students, enjoy Bird-Lore, 

 which is often quoted. — (Miss) Ida L. 

 Reveley, Professor of Biology, Wells 

 College, Aurora, N. V. 



Robins at Home 



On April 15, 1915, I discovered a Rob 

 in's nest which owing to its rather unusual 

 location seems of interest. It was situated 

 about three and one-half feet from the 

 ground in the fork of a split post in an 

 open vineyard. The nest was fully com- 

 plete when discovered, though I had passed 

 the spot daily, and April 12 I had inspected 

 the post carefully. It was a characteristic 

 Robin's nest of twigs and grass, the usual 

 mud rim and a lining of grass. A piece of 

 white paper formed the foundation and 

 was plainly visible from two sides. 



The first egg was laid between 10 and 

 11.15 A.M., April 16, the second during the 

 morning of April 17, the third between 

 10 A.M. and 6 p.m., April 18. From that 

 time the female was on the nest whenever 

 it was visited until noon April 21 when it 



contained four eggs. Incubation appar- 

 ently began April 18 or 19. 



The nest was visited from time to time 

 until May i, and always contained four 

 eggs. As I was away from May i until May 

 7 my next visit was on that date at which 

 time I found four downy Robins appar- 

 ently one day old. The young grew 

 rapidly and on May 13 were fully feathered 



A ROBIN'S HOME 



and on the 14th one had left the nest 

 (was seen near); and the remaining three 

 were seen to fly. 



The accompanying photo was taken 

 May 10, and shows the female and the 

 heads of the two young. It was taken at 

 si.x feet and as we had become well 

 acquainted I had to wait only ten minutes 

 after setting up my camera. — Drury L. 

 Fish, M. D., Kankakee, III. 



