AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



303 



Address communications for this department to 



Meg Merrythought, 156 Waterville Street, 

 Waterbury, Ct. 



My Dear Young Folks: 



I want to tell you of a happy family of which a friend told me the 

 other day. 



I wonder if you could guess who were in the group which had a tea 

 party together. 



The place where the party was held was an old barn, the home of 

 Sir Chanticleer and his large family. The feast consisted of cracked 

 corn in a large tin pan. . The table was the barn floor and the guests 

 were — first, Madam Hen, her sisters, her cousins, her aunts and their 

 children; second, Mr. English Sparrow and eight or ten of his relatives,, 

 and lastly, Mr. Grey Rat, with four of his immediate family. These 

 all ate peaceably together from the pan which held the repast intended" 

 only for Madam Hen and her kin. The sparrows showed their usual 

 fearlessness, hopping in and out of the dish. Rats and chickens stood 

 side by side on the brim, and all "went merry as a marriage bell." 

 Don't you wish you had been there with your camera? 



Cordially your friend 



Meg Merrythought. 



ROLL OF HONOR. 



James H. Chase, Logansport, Ind. 

 Russell Adams' St Johnsbury, Vt. 

 Samuel D. Robbins, Belmont, Mass. 

 Huldah Chace Smith, Providence, R. I. 

 Lillian M. Weeks, Marietta, Ohio. 

 William K. D. Reynolds, Berkley, Cal. 

 Olive D. Crittenden, New Haven, Conn. 



