^A 6IFT THAT BRINGS, 

 HAPPINESS FOR A LIFETIME 



Is there anything you would rather have in ^P^*"!! 

 vour garden than native sone birds? You can have House. 



■^ '^ ,7..... 7- ;._.._;..... J... j„ -■ ;„„ Solid oak, 





Dodson Feedmg- 

 Car. Stocked at upper 

 window of your borne. 

 Price, complete. $5, or 

 with copper roof, $6, 

 f. o. h. Chicago. 



Ihem — / have hundreds in my garden, cypress 



Encourage children to study bird jj, f. o. b'. 

 life and to learn to love the birds. '-''"^^•'>g°- 

 What greater pleasure, w hat more beauti- 

 ful influence can be given them than this 

 — helping and loving our native birds? 

 Winter is the best time to set out bird houses 

 — our birds like places a bit weather-worn. 



Dodson Purple 

 Martin House. 



26 rooms and at- 

 tic. Price, $12. or 

 with all - copper 

 roof, $15 f. o. b. 

 Chicago. 



Set out one or several Bird Food Houses or Shelters right now; thou- „ .^ . 



sands of birds die of starvation every winter. Help us save birds and sheltered Feeding^ 



win them for your friends. Many birds will stay with you all winter 3^nd'— hfrds"^a*iwa'ys 



if vou give them food and shelter. sheltered. Pri. e.with 



. 7 • J 71 T 7- ■ 8 foot pole. $6. or with 



My tllustrated book about birds tells how to attract and keep them hvtng on aii-copper roof, $7.50. 

 your grounds. Write for this book — it is free. 



Dodson Bird Houses (All prices f.o.b. Chicago): Bluebird House, $5; Swallow House, 

 $3 and $4; Chickadee or Nuthatch House, $2.50 and $3.50; Flicker or Woodpecker 

 House, $2.50 to $5; Flycatcher House, $3 and $4; Observation House, $4 and $5. 



JOSEPH H. DODSON, 712 Security Bldg., Chicago 



Mr. Dodson is a Director of the Illinois Audubon Society. He has been building bird houses for 

 nineteen years, and his houses are approved by all bird - lovers — and also by the birds. 



When in New York, see Dodson Bird-House Exhibit in the Craftsman Exposition, 

 6 East 39th Street, near Fifth Avenue 



44 



BIRDS in the Bush," 

 the new department of THE 

 GUIDE TO NATURE is a success. 



It contains beautiful drawings by the editor of the depart- 

 ment, Edmund J. Sawyer, the well-known artist- 

 ornithologist. Inquiries answered. Contributions of 

 observations desired. The magazine has many other 

 interesting departments. 



Published by 



THE AGASSIZ ASSOCIATION 



ArcAdiA 



Sound Beach, Connecticut 



Edward F. Bioelow, Managing Editor 



One year, %i; single copy, lo cts. 



