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of you have at least one or two saucy chickadees come at your bidding. 

 Try it. Cordially, your Friend, 



Meg Merrythought. 



ROLL OF HONOR. 



1. Huldah Chace Smith, Providence, R. L 



2. Russell S. Adams, St. Johnsburg, Vt. 



3. Samuel D. Robbins, Belmont, Mass. 



4. Frank B. Clark, Jr., Glastonburg, Ct. 



5. James Chase, Logansport, Ind. 





ANSWERS TO FEBRUARY PUZZLES. 





Birds in Letter Square. 



1. 



Redstart. 



19. 



Evening Grosbeak. 



2. 



Red-throated Loon. 



20. 



Dunlin, 



3. 



Red (bird). 



21. 



Linnet. 



4. 



Hermit Thrush. 



22. 



Owl. 



5. 



Oven (bird). 



23. 



Oriole. 



6. 



Am. 



24. 



Nuthatch, 



7. 



Hawk. 



25. 



Teal. 



8. 



Finch. 



26. 



Chat. 



9. 



Wren. 



27. 



Cat (bird). 



10. 



Crow. 



28. 



Knot. 



11. 



Heron. 



29. 



Ruff. 



12. 



Jay. 



30. 



Pipit. 



13. 



Kestrel. 



31. 



Brant. 



14. 



Bobolink. 



32. 



Reed (bird). 



15. 



Flicker. 



33. 



Auk. 



16. 



Ibis. 



34. 



King (bird). 



17. 



Coot. 



35. 



Skua. 



18. 



Tern. 



36. 



Duck. 



Suggested birds. 1. Whip-poor-will. 2. Turnstone. 3. Redstart. 

 4. Yellow-hammer. 5. Snowflake. 6. Rail. 7. Cardinal. 8, Crane. 

 9. King-fisher. 10. Nightingale. 



Enigma. Hornen Larks. 



EXTRACTS FROM OUR MAIL BAG. 



I have enjoyed feeding the birds tnis winter. The Red-breasted 

 Nuthatch that ate from my hand last winter did not return this winter, 

 and the female hairy woodpecker has been succeeded by a male, other- 

 wise I have the same birds I had last year, some twenty in all. The 



