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Bird - Lore 



(li'()|>|)(-(l very ciiuliDiislv osit IIic pii-ccs of 

 bread; and tliosi' thai were on l\\v other side 

 of tlic hike started on their journe}' to a 

 bountiful repast. Thus the birds got their 

 food, and I got my pictures. — Thomas A. 

 '1'ai'ku, Nti[(iuncc, Mich. 



A Winter Sajisucker 



.Since January j,, iojj, (lie V'ellow lu'llii'd 

 Sapsuckt-r, shown in tlie a.ci'on\paii>in)^ 

 pholo|j;ra.pli, has been an ahniost (hiily \'isilor 



pool. ,Su(l(h'nl\' a bass juniix'd from Ihi' 

 water and swaHowed the lliunmingbird!" — 

 Maky Vu Lockwooi), Lakf'wood, N. J. 



A Winter Phoebe at Bennington, Vt. 



On I'ebruary i, 1922, 1 was sitting on a box 

 by our barn, when I heard the familiar note of 

 the Phoebe, and, upon looking upward, saw 

 him dash from the roof and catch a fly which 

 had been rtiticed to come out of his winter 

 hiding-place by the warm sun. Then the 



A WINIKR SAI'Slll'K.I'.K 

 riiotoKrapluHl l>y Klorcncc M. I'Viiser 



at our window bird-table, whore he partakes 

 of hemp seed. He seems to be an object of 

 curiosity to our other bird guests who are 

 just getting up enough co\u"age to eat behind 

 his back. — I-'lorkncic M. Fraskr, Morris- 



tO",(<ll, N. ./., I'\'b. U), IC)2 2. 



liiiinininf;buil and Bass 



A letter from a member of my faniil>', 

 from Santa Barbara, Calif., dated November 

 16, i()2\, contains a sentence which seems 

 worthy of record in Kiun Loui:. It reads: 

 "We were soatetl by the lotus pool when a 

 Uun\mingbird Hew and iioNi-red o\er the 



IMuvbe sat on a twig about twent\' feet away 

 from me and vigorously switched his tail, 

 in a few minutes he lli-w awa_\' and 1 did not 

 sei' him any n\ore. 1 was N'cr)- n\uch sur- 

 priseil at his cail>' appearance, as Phoebes 

 ilo not usually arrive in this locality before 

 March. There is no question of his identit>', 

 as 1 saw him very plainly, The thermon\cter 

 stood at 48 degrees at the time. — (Miss) 

 (.\\Koi, _b>NKS, In'miiiii^loii, 17. 



Tlie Starling in Tennessee 



It may be of interest to know that the 

 Starling has reached our \icinit_\. 1 ob- 



