AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. . 123 



I am glad to pass on this suggestion of Sir Robin's to our young 

 folks, knowing you will be ready to advance the better ways of bird 

 study. 



In the walking bird's pi, in the March Bird Chats, number 12 should 

 read v e no instead of 1 on o, making oven-birch's, instead of loon birds. 

 In the February word square the 5th letter on the second line should 

 be K, and the 9th letter in last line should be F. The answer to- 

 number 6 should be ani instead of am. 



These mistakes may be the fault of the printer's devil, or due to my 

 poor penmanship. I prefer to lay the blame to the former. 



Cordially, your friend, 



Meg Merrythought. 



roll of honor. 



Harry E. White. Lisbon, Ohio. 

 Huldah Chace Smith. Providence R. I. 

 J. Howard Binns. Adena, Ohio. 

 Katherine Stilwell. Phoenix, Arizona. 

 Charles C. Lewis. Philadelphia, Penn. 



ANSWERS TO APRIL PUZZLES. 



Enigma Number 1. — Chickadee. 

 Enigma Number 2. — Marsh Hawk. 



CHARACTERISTIC INITIALS. 



1. Cedar Waxwings. 5. Song Sparrow. 



2. Purple Finch. 6. Downy Woodpecker. 



3. Scarlet Tanager. 7. Chipping Sparrow. 



4. English Sparrow. 8. Blackburnian Warbler. 



1. Nuthatches walk head downward. 



2. Birds like ducks, gulls, pufifins, rails, etc., which find their food in 

 abundance and take it in small quantities at short intervals, possess no 

 crops and the food passes directly into the stomach, also all the insect- 

 ivorous birds (which include many of our common song birds) have no 

 crop. 



3. The tailor-birds of India sew leaves together to hold their nests 

 using fiber for a thread and their bills for a needle. 



4. The nests of a variety of swallows which build in caves in China 

 and are composed of a gelatinous substance, are esteemed a delicacy 

 by epicures. 



