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Bird - lore 



wliiili laslciis il sliiil. 'I'lic IxKird is ;il larlu'tl lo ;i I ice by I wo sciinvs, I lu- win- 

 bliskrl lillnl witli sui'l ;iii(l lioscd, ;itid ;dl is in ri';idim-ss lor {\\v i)irds. 



A novel \v;i\ ol ;id\'t'il isin|', llu' Audiihoii Socich' and a! l\\v same lime 

 Iu'l|iiii<' lo flu il I lie ( (uipcralion ol llu- i liildn-n is l)\' inraiis ol I lie prinUHJ card 

 l'nsl(Mu-d lo llu' board al>o\i> llu- siu-l wliith stali-s in hold hpc llial '7^'('\'.v //<■//> 

 fct'il lh<- •u'iitlci hiiils," lollow'fd li\ a list ol' llu- birds llial can l>c cxihhUh! lo 

 Iced lioin I he ^aiel holder. Who lan resisl such an appeal and whal bird 

 decline siu h help:' Olher bird ( lubs nu!",!!! lollow Ihe K-ad ol' llu- Cohnnbiis 

 Audubon Siuieh and dcdMale all Ihe lii-es in town wilh tlu-se lunch couuUms. 



A PINK GKOSHl AK IN NKW jKkSKY 



( >u I 'ecenibei lo, ni\ iNalure U'aciuT, M rs. (iladvs ( lordcn l'"i\, and I wt'ie 

 Wldlviug aboul in a small i-\ i-i i-ji'cn ihicki-l composi-d cliielK ol' red and whili' 

 pint>s and a lew heniKuks. 



SuddenU 1 saw a \\\\)\v bird, aboul the si.n- of a Norlhern Shriki-, and as a 

 U'w i>l these biids had been sci-n laleU' in llu- m-i;',hborluH>d, 1 lhou;dil it (|uile 

 pn>bable ihal ihis was one. llowe\(-i, as wi- canu- around llu- hunk ol a lari^e 

 lice, we saw llu- luid, wluili pro\ed lo be llu- Tine (irosbeak, (|uile plainlw 

 lie was sil liu!', (Ml llu- blanch o\ ihv- lu-xl Irci-, ealiii;', ils coiu-s aiul Inuls. 



Wt> nMuamed iiuiu- ^;|ill, bul in a li-w miuuU-s il l1i-w lo a yituni; cedar ami 

 lioni llu-ic to a bank co\ered with lan!',K~d honexsucklc \im-s. 



We walclu-d the bird tor lil'u-en minutes at least and allhouj^h ils black bead\- 

 t-\ es wen- last (-lied on us il was \ i-i\ lanu-. hurin;', llu- lime we we it- walchini!; it 

 \\(- wv-rc (Mil\ about t\\»> \aids t'n>m il, bul wc- ciuild not tell wlielher it was an 

 immatuu- niali- oi a leiiiale. 



The u-sl ol the buds 1 saw that da\ wi-ie. Tree Sparrow, Juuco, Powny 

 and llaiiN \\ ooilpeckei , Wlulebn-asled Nulhalch, Crow, lUue Ja\ , and 

 lUack capped Chickadee. Cvniiii\ Mkmmn Ki si k i^age ii \ears\ Fair- 

 ii'/<'/, l^('rmirilsvillt\ A'. J. 



I riu- I'iuc llrosln-iik is .i i.no l>ii\l so Lir soutli as New Jcrscs .uul rMilhia is io he con- 

 ,m'.itulUi-il uiHMi iu-r iliscv>\ oi\ . A. A. A.] 



A MlI.irAN r KlNCiHlKO 



Oil the tarm wheie we s[H-ud our summers, main iuteresling incidents ha\e 

 occurred, which, .is bird lexers, we would like lo sh.ire wilh others. 



Three >ears ago a [>air of Kingbirds raised a family in an old pear tree near 

 our housi-. When the yiumg left the i\est, we toi^k niuch {pleasure in watching 

 one ol them which, tor iwo d.ixs, spent uuu'h of the time on a brush pile back 

 ol llu- house. 



rtie iu-\t \ c.u the l\iu;-,buds c.ime b.ick i^we think il was the same pair\ 

 vMily lo luul their speci.d pl.ue l.dvcu by .i pair oi (.'hipping Sp.irrows. The 



