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Bird - Lore 



FEEDING -BOX 

 From Berlepsch's ' Der Gesamte Vogelschutz ' 



who venture about always scatter at the approach of a human being, whom 

 they evidently associate with guns and such things. To my surprise, the 

 past winter these Sparrows, that had 

 scattered instantly when alone, re- 

 mained and fed boldly whenever they 

 could mix with a flock of Snowbirds, 

 Juncos or Tree Sparrows. I believe 

 they were conscious that these other 

 birds shared a protection that was not 

 accorded them. (If I belonged to the 

 School of the Long Bow instead of the 

 A. O. U. , I might write of a conversa- 

 tion overheard between a benevolent 

 Junco and a hungry English Sparrow, 

 where the former offered the latter the 

 protection of his company.) 



The school feeding branch is of great importance and the six or a dozen 

 scattered schools of a country township may be made important feeding 

 centers, if the cooperation of the teachers can be secured and system and 

 regularity in the matter enforced. The following suggestion for such feed- 

 ing, written for a little book 

 compiled for the use of the rural 

 Connecticut schools and re- 

 cently issued by the State Board 

 of Education may not be amiss 

 here: 



"Every school has a flag- 

 pole, and, while some are fast- 

 ened to the building itself, many 

 stand free and are planted in the 

 yard. 



"Around this pole a square or 

 circular shelf about eight inches 

 wide can be fastened, four feet 

 from the ground, and edged 

 with a strip of beading, barrel 

 hoops, or the like. A dozen 

 tenpenny nails should be driven 

 on the outside edge at intervals, 

 like the spokes to i. wheel, and 

 the whole neatly painted to match 

 the pole. 



FEEDING-HOUSE ^ 



From Berlepsch's ' Der Gesamte Vogelschutz ' "Then eachweek OnC chlld 



