AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 125 



ROLL OF HONOR. 



1 Jacob Stehman, Rohrerstown, Pa. 



2 Huldah Chace Smith, Providence, R. I. 



3 Joe C. Nelson, Hannibal, Mo. 



4 Paul P. Jones, Windham, Vt. 



5 James Chase, Logansport, Ind. 



6 Stafford Francis, Exeter, N. H. 



7 J. Anderson Otis, Bridgewater, Mass. 



8 A. P. Woodward, Danielson, Conn. 



9 Louise Jordan, Defiance, Ohio. 



10 Leroy B. Noble, Little River, Conn. 



ANSWERS TO MARCH PUZZLES. 



Numerical Engima, American Ornithology. 

 Winter nests : 1. AVood-thrush. 



2. Yellow-throated Vireo. 



3. White-eyed Vireo. 



TANGLES. 



1. The Whip-poor-will is valued by the farmer as an insect destroy- 

 er. 



2. The Flicker cleans out a last year's hole, or drills a new one 

 early in the spring. The birds carry the chips some distance from the 

 tree where they are working. 



3. In May the Stcmmer yellow birds come like gleams of golden sun- 

 shine. 



4. The Wood-thrztsh builds a nest of sticks, plastered together with 

 mud and leaves. 



5. The cheery little Song Sfrarrow is one of the first birds whose 

 sweet song greets us in the spring. He is one of our most constant 

 singers. 



EXTRACTS FROM OUR MAIL BAG. 



Wrens and Sparrows. 

 There is a bird house in our yard which was occupied the summer 

 before last by a pair of wrens. They staid through that summer and 

 came again last summer, but a pair of sparrows wanted the house too, 



