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It had black wings and tail, its back was green, and its breast was a 

 dirty white, its throat was dirty white speckled with brown. 



Loie M. Clency, (age 10), Valley Center, Cal. 



AN OBJECT LESSON. 



There are two larch trees on our lawn, where I always look for warb- 

 lers during the migrations, and rarely without success. But during the 

 spring of 1904 these birds were extremely scarce in this neighborhood. 

 Many species that usually may be numbered by dozens appearing by 

 units, while some sorts were conspicuous by their entire absence. And 

 in consequence — surely the inference is a fair one — the larches, which 

 usually support a few of the white, wooly aphis, are now infested by 

 this pest. 



Isabella McC. Lemmon, Englewood, N. J. 



NUMERICAL ENIGMA NO. I 



I am composed of 18 letters. 

 My 13-5-8-12-17-4-15 are very useful. 

 This warm weather is 2-7-9-14-11-12, the 12-13-1-15-15 and 2-4-7-10-8 



grow nicely. 



J. Howard Binns, Adena, Ohio. 



ENIGMA NO. 2. 



My 1st is in slow and also in fast, 



My 2nd you will find in mast. 



My 3rd is in brown, but not in red. 



My 4th you can see in bed. 



My 5th and 6th you can find in pipe, 



My 7th you will find in ripe. 



My 8th and 9th are in falter. 



My whole is a bird that lives near water. 



Wm. K. D. Reynolds, 



Berkeley, Cal. 



