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1 hiive several liiiU's SL'cu it singing and ('onsti'ik-ted of moss, lined witli tine 

 have shot it the aet, that there might l)e joots and oiiiamented on the outsid( 

 no mistake about it. For better })i'oof I ^\•ith lichens. 'I'iiei-e is only one nest 



ean do no Itetter tinin to copy i'l'oni 



that e>;eels it in beauty, tJiat istlie Bine 



Jolin Burrough's l)ook, "VVake-Koi)i;i;" ] grav (iiniteaU-her 



"I\lonnling l)y easy tliglits to the to}) of 

 the tabu'st tri'c, he hiunehes into tin' 

 a!!' with a s(n't of snspeiuled, hoxcring 

 llight, iike rertain of the llnehes, and 

 bursts into a pi'rfeet ecstai-y of song, 

 eh'ar, ringing and cojiions, l•i^■;l!ing llir 

 goldlineiics in xiNarity, ami the lir^in'ts 

 in melody. This refrain is one of the 

 i-arcst bits of "hii'd n;e'ody to be lu'aid, 

 and is oi'l'Micst induigcd in late in the 

 afternoon or after sundo'.vn." 



(.'. A. S. 

 N. Y. City. 



Th3 Cedar Waxwing Eating potato 

 Bugs. 



The eggs ai'e three or four in )nnnl>er, 

 of a lieantiful c'r"aniy v/liite, s])ot!ed 

 around the lai'ge eiid \'iith obseure lilac 

 and rich, brown. 



J. A. B., Morgantown, N. C. 



M V 



called me one day last 



Our X-Mas Offer. 



Will b)-ing us Inuidreds of orders, an<l 

 trtnn nearly every State, Terrii!>ry and 

 Trovince in America, but in oi-der to 

 shovr our ai)preeiation f(n- the./z'r.v/ orders 

 we maki' t!)e following X-]\la's gift.--: 



For tlie ///-st $1.00 order we receive 

 from any StatK.^, Teri'itory or Province 

 we will give a I'opy of Tlli; Oolixjist's 

 Hand-book. 



For the first $,:2.00 order a. 25c egg; 

 our selection. 



For t!ie first $3.00 order a set of one 



■;n}miner out to his potato patch and i egg with Data of tlie Sowty Term. 



diowed Hie a. bird that wa.s bu.silv catih- '^'"^' J}"'. '""''^^ $0.00 order a set of one 



e'j;'.!; with i):!ta of the JSoddy. 



ing aiul eating jxitato bugs. 1 learned 



shortly after that it was a Cedar Wa.\- 



u'ing. it built its lU'st a I dock or tAvo 



avi'ay a.nd contin'aed to come and catch ie's ]ve\ to tlie Nests and Eggs of North. 



An.ciican Birds. 



For the hrst $10.00 order or over a. 

 copy of either. 



r.iavinird's Natin-alist's Guide orDav- 



bugs from our ])otato '.ines all .summer. 

 I ncAer kiU'W Ind'oi'e that a bird would 

 eat ])otato bugs. 



Geo. W. Ycksbukg, 



('ohnnbu.s, Wis. 



Wood Pewee. 



Jt will jiay ycni to send yimr oi'dei's 

 early, you will not only be sure of 

 obtaining the exact species yon order, 

 but may o!)taIn a desiralile additiomd 

 ffift. 



Probably one of the best known birds 

 in eastern United States is the Wood 

 Pewee. in this country it is knovi ii 

 as the "M<.ss Pev/e<',"' which name li 

 think is \'ery a.ppropria.tc, as its nest is 

 built ahnost entirely of moss. 



The description of one set Avill come 

 \er\' near answering foi- tliem all, so 

 similar are the\' to each other. 



The nt>st is situated on tlie liorizontal 

 f(U'k of a limb, generally so far out that 

 yo'.i cannot reach it e-xcejit by means of 

 a net on the end of a long ])ole. Jt is 



