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which are wired to the trunks of the trees. 
They are never in mischief, constantly 
give me new ideas about animal life, and, 
as an attraction to the lawn, have never 
had an equal, 
In the above. it will be seen how a far- 
mer who wills, may have a recreation that 
is always new, always educational,—one 
that adds to the attractions of lifeona farm 
A ROCKY 
and brings him closer to nature—JoHN 
Goup, Maple Crest Farm, Aurora, Ohio. 
A Rocky Mouttain Bird-Table 
My bird-table is built around an old 
tree, about three feet above the ground. It 
is ten feet from my window. On the table 
I keep a dish of water, a box of cracked 
corn, and occasionally a turnip or an 
apple. Meat scraps and suet are fastened 
to the limbs of the tree. I keep open 
house only in winter. The frequent visit- 
ors are Long-crested Jays and Magpies; 
the occasional visitors include, Chickadees, 
Gray Jays, Downy Woodpeckers, a strag- 
gling Robin and, once in a while, a 
Bird - 
MOUNTAIN BIRD-TABLE 
Lore 
Junco. The Crested Jays and Magpies 
prefer suet; in the absence of it, devour 
cracked corn freely. The Magpies come 
first, of a morning, and whenever they 
arrive the Jays and other birds give way, 
but wait near-by. My home and table are 
on the slope of Long’s Peak, Colorado, 
at an altitude of 9,000 feet.—Enos A. 
Mirts, Estes Park, Colorado. 
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1910 Bird Notes from Long Beach, L. I. 
The majority of bird-students around 
New York seem to have chosen Rock- 
away Beach as a happy hunting-ground 
for the water-birds, so I thought that the 
following, notes might be of interest to 
readers of Brrp—-Lorr. They are the 
result of a series of expeditions made by 
Mr. Stanley V. La Dow and myself, in all 
except the mid-summer months. Not only 
rare species but also unseasonable records 
are given. The biggest list for one day was 
reached on Oct. 30, when Mr. La Dow and 
I observed thirty-eight species, and only 
twice in the last three years has the day’s 
list fallen below twenty. Needless to say, 
