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elapsed and she returned, Seeing the worms crawling off she began 

 pecking them all to kill them. She returned home with only one 

 worm, and soon another catbird came back with her and got a worm. 

 This went on about an hour until my worms gave out, and then I went 

 across and found the nest containing four young catbirds with open 

 mouths. They were nearly ready to fly, and when four days later, I 

 returned with worms, they had taken their departure. It seemed as if 

 the bluebirds and catbirds had exchanged nesting sites. 



Orren W. Turner. 



ENIGMA. 



I am a bird composed of 20 letters. As 11-8-8-7 and 1-2-18-4-19-9 

 were going 12-2 the 10-13-1.1 after 7 bucket of 10-9-15-13-17 they 5-11- 

 10, 12-20-13, 8-13-5-15 of a 12-16-17-3-19-16 which had 15-20-14-13-13 

 eggs 6-8 it. James Howard Binns, Adena, Ohio. 



PI. 



Some birds that repair and use the last year's nest. 



1. Ernw, 2. Lalwows, 



3. Rideblub, 4. Slow, 



5. Slagee, 6. Whakshif, 



7. Targe-treescd cryflatceh. 



PI NUMBER 2. 



The sten of the sociable little oraspwrongs is not always didon on the 

 rundog or in a slnib. He sometimes takes possession of a convenient 

 leho in a reet, and has even been known to kame a vieho for his tellit 

 nose in old int suae. The sten is dame of raceso ragsess, dewes and veales, 

 often delin with rahi. 



GLEANINGS. 



How falls it, Oriole, thou hast come to fly 



In southern splendor through our northern sky? 



In some blithe moment was it nature's choice 



To dower a scrap of sunset with a voice? 



Or did some orange lily, flecked with black, 



In a forgotten garden, ages back, 



Yearning to heaven, until its wish was heard, 



Desire unspeakably to be a bird? 



Edgar Fawcett. 



