Edited by T. GILBERT PEARSON 

 Address all communications for this Department to the Editor, at Greensboro, N. C. 



Bird Tenants 



OUR young observers will find in this number of Bird-Lore descrip- 

 tions and pictures of a great many different kinds of bird-houses. 

 We hope that they will make a practical use of the suggestions given 

 and, when possible, try to secure some bird tenants this coming spring by 

 offering them suitable homes. 



It is already time to begin to prepare these dwellings, and, as Mrs. 

 Wright tells us, the sooner we place them out of doors the sooner will they 

 begin to look as though they be- 

 longed there. In the next issue of 

 Bird-Lore we will give a plan for 

 the study of Bird Tenants, and at 

 the same time make some sugges- 

 tions which we are sure will interest 

 our young observers. 



The first prize for the letters on 

 ' Feeding Birds in Winter ' was won 

 by Miss Emily N. Hoxie, whose 

 article is published below. 



Feeding Birds in Winter 



By EMILY N. HOXIE, Peace Dale, R. I. 



Last winter we put out suet in 

 the trees for the first time, and soon 

 the Downy Woodpeckers, Nut- 

 hatches, Chickadees and Blue Jays 

 came and ate. The Chickadees 

 would take a few little pecks, then 

 fly away. The Blue Jays and Nut- 

 hatches would break of^ a big piece 

 and carry it away, but Downy would 

 stay for a long time and make a good 

 meal. Only two Downies came, and 

 they both had the red spots on their 

 heads. One we called the big 

 Downy and one the little Downy, 



GETTING READY FOR IHE lil.UEBIRDS 



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