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the ground that was built by the bird 

 occupying it. 



The same habit of using other birds' 

 nests is practiced by the Western Horned 

 Owl in Manitoba, but in this case it is 

 usually an old nest of a Red-tailed Hawk 

 that is selected. — Norman Criddle, Aiveme, 

 Manitoba. 



A New Robin Food 



The snow-storms and cold of last week 

 made a trying time for the advance guard of 

 birds up from the South, but at least one 

 Robin came out of it fatter than he went in. 

 It was noticed nearly three weeks ago that 

 he had taken possession of certain premises, 

 and, when the snow came, apple was cut up 

 for him and placed on the sill of an open 

 bay window. He was glad enough to come 

 and eat, and when the next lunch was set 

 for him on the couch inside, it was a very 

 short time before he had ventured in after it. 

 For the following two or three days, when 

 the snow kept falling and the ground was 



covered, he remained in possession of the 

 room, flying in and out at frequent intervals. 

 But he would eat nothing but cut apple and 

 shredded wheat biscuit. Pettijohn and oat- 

 flakes he passed by, and at beefsteak minced 

 for him he turned his beak way up, 

 utterly refusing even in stress of weather to 

 lower his standard of toothsome delicate 

 angleworm. —H. S. Bixby, Plattsburgh, 

 N. Y. 



A Late Warbler 



On November 27, 1906, I saw a male 

 Black-throated Blue Warbler, feeding in 

 some shrubbery. I saw him again on 

 December i, and on December 9, I found 

 him lying dead outside the door. The, day 

 before had been very cold, and I suppose 

 that the cold, combined with lack of food, 

 was the cause of his death. — Louis Durham, 

 Ir'vington, N. Y. 



[The specimen above mentioned was presented by 

 Mr. Durham to the American Museum and was found to 

 be in a greatly emaciated condition, having evidently 

 died of starvation. — F. M. C] 



CATBIRD ON NEST 

 Photographed by F. E. Howe, Sterling, 111., April ii, 1906 



