$5 for this Weathercock Food 

 House Complete with Pole 



Har\'est time and what composes the picture? Luscious 

 grapes, g^ol len pumpkins, rustling cornstalks, ciimson 

 apples. Who helped all this harvest to perfection? Why the 

 birds— they ar- the f irinhands who are seeking grubs and 

 insects early and late— the vigilants who dare the storm 

 and wind to gobble caterpillars and all their kin. Now is 

 your turn, "have a heart" and be the host, offer food and 

 shelter, and learn alout the^iC from 

 EVANS BROTHERS, Bird Houses and Shelters 



aSO Main Street, Evatiston, Illinois 

 Illus. Folder will he sent on receipt o/ S cts. in stamps. 



A Happy Christmas Thought 

 For Children and Birds 



l,uethemaDodson 

 [ -^ bird feeding sta- 



tion or bird- 

 house. Make 

 both child- 

 -?r ^ ren and birds 



:^ \ happy all 



**" winter long. 



-^ Bird Book 

 FREE 



^^endfor Mr Dodson's illus- 

 trated Book."Your bird friends 

 and how to win them." Des- 

 cribts birds, houses, baths, 

 feeding devices, with prices. 

 Also beautiful free bird pic- 

 ture in colors. Write early to 



JOSEPH H.DODSON of Bird Lodge 

 712 Harrison Ave., Kankakee, III. 



yiterican Aitdttboii Ass7i. 



, y/^Send $6 for this 

 ^ — -"^ late'^t, inost- suc- 

 cessful weather vanefeed- , ^._y 

 ing station. Place itnear ^ 

 a windovv for winter ob- ; 

 servation of the bird folk. | 

 Comes complete with 8- : 

 foot turn pole. Rotates ^ 

 with the wind to protect ' 

 birds and food from wind, 

 rain, and snow. An idea) —- '■ 

 Christmas gift. 



Vice-Pres. and Director A. 



THE GUIDE 

 TO NATURE 



A Magazine of Commonplace 

 Nature with Uncommon Interest 



BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED 

 MANY NEW FEATURES 



"It is all very well to be a specialist, but it 

 is bad to be nothing but a specialist." 



— Dean Coulter, Purdue 



EDWARD F. BIGELOW 



Managing Editor 



Subscription, $1 a year; single or sample copy, 

 10 cents 



The Agassiz Association 



ArcAdiA : Sound Beach Connecticut 



Audubon Calendar for 1918 



9x12 inches. 15 sheets held together by 

 cord. Separate sheet for each month. 

 13 large photographs of birds. Migra- 

 tion hsts for personal records. Price 60c. 



Miss CAROLINE DOLL 

 587 Ellicott Street BUFFALO, N.Y. 



Bird Houses and Bird Books 



We make bird houses and bird-feed boxes. Moder- 

 ate prices. We deal in new and second-hand bird 

 books and will take orders for any book wanted. 



Write for circular. Mail orders only 



BOSTON BIRD HOUSE AND BIRD BOOK COMPANY 



Room 30, 162 Boylston Street, Boston, Mass. 



FOR SALE 



The Auk, 1908 to 1913 

 The Observer, 1895, 1896 



WM. S. JOHNSON. L YONS, N. Y. 



MCA I U/nDMC I ^ choice, clean food for 

 llir.rtli VllllXlllil' attracting insectivorous 

 iiiLinij II viimu. jjggj.j^g ,^jj.jjg_ ^^^ j^^ 



helping the old birds ont in supplying insect food 

 when they have young. The chancesare with insect 

 food easi ly procured that instead of nesting on 2 or 3 

 eggs they will risk 4or5. Shall I supply you? .500 @ 

 $1: 1.000 ® $1.50: 5,000 ® $5; 10,000 @ $7.50, all ex- 

 press prepaid east of or to the Mississippi Kiver. 

 C. B. KERN, Box 203, Mount Joy, Pa. 



^BIRI)-LOPFS*BlPD CHART^ 





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THIS chart measures 22x28 inches, and figures 

 sixty-two representative species of our eigh- 

 teen families of Perching Birds. From Crow 

 to Kinglet, all these figures are photographed to 

 the same scale ; and one may therefore instructively 

 compare, at a glance, characteristic members of all 

 our families of Perching Birds. 



This chart has been so highly commended by 

 teachers that we have decided to place it on sale at 

 twenty-five cents per copy, postpaid. Special terms 

 will be made to schools and bird clubs ordering ten 

 or more copies. 



D. APPLETON & CO. 



Crescent and Mulberry Sts., HARRISBURG, PA. 



