208 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



NUMERIGAL ENIGMA NO. 2. 



I am composed of 20 letters. 



My 5-11-8-20 is a part of a bird. 



My 14-2-16-4 is a flower. 



My 1-9-10 is a small animal. 



My 10-18-8 is something to 1 drink. 



My 12-2- 15-6 is at the entrance of a room. 



My 3-19-17-1-7 is a kind of sword. 



My 5-14-11-8-12 is a kind of food. 



My 13-2-15-9-4 is a fowl. • Russell S. Adams, 



St. Johnsburg, Vt. 



THE CHIPPY'S NEST. 



While walking through an apple orchard that was used as a pasture, 

 I was startled by a bird running from my feet. Upon investigating, I 

 found a Chipping Sparrow's nest containing three of her eggs and one 

 Cowbird's egg, in a cluster of clover, the nest touching the ground. I 

 have found their nests in trees, vines, bushes and brush piles, but never 

 heard of their building upon the ground before. 



Frank Smith, Grand Rapids, Michigan. 



EXIT, ENGLISH SPARROW. 



Last year and the year before it, our chicken yard used to be a feed- 

 ing ground for the English Sparrow, but this year so far, I have not 

 seen one, and I have seen nothing but Robins. 



Stuart M. Futh, South Orange, N. J. 



ANSWERS TO JUNE PUZZLES. 



Enigma No. 1. Great Horned Owls. 

 Enigma No. 2. Brown Thrasher. 



WHO ARE WE? 



1. Crane. 2. Robin. 3. Turkey. 4. Rail. 5. Guinea. 6. 

 Killdeer. 7. Phoebe. 



QUERY. EAGLE. 

 BIRDS DESCRIBED. 



1. Crow. 2. Robin. 3. Owl. 4. Kingfisher. 5. Catbird. 6. 

 Bluebird. 7. Phoebe. 8. Baltimore Oriole. 



