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pleasure than the little I paid last winter 

 for the bird guests' supplies. — Ruth 

 Rogers, Sherman, Conn. 



From Englewood, N. J. 



Among the various trees whose ripening 

 seeds now attract the birds, few can be more 

 popular than a certain fine specimen of the 

 white magnolia [M. glauca), which, 

 though only thirty-five feet from the house, 

 has so many other trees in its neighborhood 

 that the birds do not fear to visit it freely. 

 As the seed-heads were beginning to open, 

 exposing the scarlet seeds (the third week in 

 September), a large flock of Robins 

 appeared about the lawn, and it was not 

 long before they discovered this food supply, 

 since which time only a small proportion of 

 the seeds has gone to waste. Now that 

 plenty of the heads are open, the Robins 

 come at all times of day, and in numbers 

 far exceed all the other birds I have seen 

 there. Sometimes a Flicker comes, and for 

 several days a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker has 

 frequented the tree ; the latter species is a 

 common migrant here, but usually a very 



silent one. This bird constantly makes known 

 its presence by a call strongly resembling 

 the Blue Jay's usual scream, only much 

 weaker and more shrill — in fact, just such a 

 note as one would expect from a young 

 Jay whose voice had not reached its full 

 strength . 



The above birds, I am positive, eat the 

 seeds, and in addition to these a Wood 

 Thrush, a Catbird, and a Downy Wood- 

 pecker have been seen in the tree, presuma- 

 bly for the same purpose. — Isabel McC. 

 Lemmon, Engleiuood, N. J. 



From Middle Haddam, Conn. 



The accompanying group of Crows was 

 taken February 19, 1903, by placing the 

 camera in a small poultry door in the barn 

 fifteen feet distant. 



We made a practice that winter of throw- 

 ing refuse food on the frozen ground at a 

 particular spot which we took pains to keep 

 uncovered when the snowstorms came. 



The Crows were regular visitors in the 

 extremely cold weather when the snow was 

 deep on the ground. The Jays also came, 



the crows come 



Photographed by Bert F. Case 



