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AMEBIC AN ORNITHOLOGY. 



Photo, from life by C. A. Eked. 

 TREE SWALLOW. 



The Tree Sparrow finally found the seed, and from one lone bird the 

 flock grew till there were 14. They were constant visitors all winter 

 and were with me till March 12. Timothy and millet seed was their 

 principal diet, although for a change and in way of dessert they ate 

 peanuts and fat meat. They are an extremely happy set, full of life 

 and fight, and I never tire of watching them, they readily drive the 

 English Sparrow, and when one ventures to alight among them a 

 sudden dash from a Tree Sparrow caused him to "light out." I greatly 

 missed them when they left for their far northern home. 



The Junco with his modest slate colored coat and white vest came to 

 the number of two, but they did not seem to be welcome visitors 

 among the sparrows, and came only occasionally. The Goldfinch did 

 not find his food supply in the seed which I put out as I did not see 

 him eating anything except the berries on the honeysuckle: One 

 Sunday morning in February, I was overjoyed to receive a call from a 

 Purple Finch the only specimen I have ever seen here. He came while 

 I was watching the other birds, alighting on a clothesline directly in 

 front and not five feet from my face, he then flew to the path and 

 picked up a few seeds but his stay was very short, efforts to locate him 

 later failed, much to my regret, as I should like to have had a better 

 opportunity to study his plumage and general make-up. 



As the warm spring days advanced I regretted to see ray Tree 

 Sparrow family making preparations to leave for their Northern home, 

 but the migratory birds from the South have kept me busy thus far 



