60 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



ROLL OF HONOR, 



Louise Jordon, Defiance, Ohio. 

 Huldah Chase Smith, Providence, R. I. 

 Stafford Francis, Exter, N. H. 



SEARCH QUESTIONS, 



1. Doves not only gather the food for their young, but swallow and 

 soften it, this "pigeon's milk," as it is called, is then pumped 

 from the parent's crop- into the fledgling's throat. Flickers and many 

 other birds also prepare the food in 'like manner: even the dainty hum- 

 ming bird sips the sweetness from the flowers, to regurgitate it for 

 the two mites which occupy her nest. 



2. The American Woodcock uses its upper mandible like a finger to 

 assist it in drawing its food from the ground. 



3. Grebes are poorly fitted for land travel, and when in haste use 

 their wings as a second pair of legs, thus going on " all fours. " 



4. 



1. Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 



2. Indigo bird, 



3. Scarlet tanager, 



4. Cardinal, 



5. Purple Finch, 



MAIL^BAG EXTRACTS. 



Taming the Birds. 



I have been greatly interested lately by a flock of chickadees, ( both 

 the Eastern and Mountain species ), which have been lingering about 

 my doorsteps to receive various scraps of meat, suet, crackers and 

 bread, thrown out by admiring hosts. I have been diligently persuad- 

 ing these little mites to eat out of my hand but have not succeeded well 

 until very recently, when one of our own truly Western Mountain 

 species gratified my keen desire by perching on my finger and eating 

 from the bone held within my hand, as if it was oyster soup and mince 

 pie. After this their timidity vanished and now they light upon my 

 head and shoulders as if an old acquaintance. 



To any passer-by the trees surrounding the house must present a 

 ludicrous appearance indeed, as a large per cent of them have an appe- 

 tizing bone suspended within their branches, while some are the proud 

 possessors of two. 



This assortment has attracted a great variety of birds, among them: 

 the aforesaid chickadees, the White and Red-breasted Nuthatches, Rocky 

 Mountain Jays, ( or Camp Robbers), Downy and Nuttall's Woodpeck- 



