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Address communications for this department to 



Meg Merrythought, 156 Waterviile Street, 

 Waterbury, Ct. 



My Dear Young Folks: 



We give a cordial greeting to the new comers which gather with us 

 in this corner th e first month of the new year. May 1903 be a very 

 happy year to you everyone, new friends and old. I think w.e have all 

 enjoyed our little talks together during the first year of our acquaint- 

 ance, it has been a pleasure to come into touch with so many bird 

 lovers among the children. 



See what a goodly array of names are on our Roll of Honor this 

 month. Stafford Francis rightly heads the list, for he has solved every 

 puzzle which has been given through the year. Mary Agnes Johnson sent 

 the answer to one of the November enigmas in rhyme. We give it 

 below, as it was received too late for insertion last month. We would 

 again remind you that your letters have to wait a month to be printed, 

 as the magazine is made up a month before it reaches you. 

 I know you will enjoy Leroy Noble's account of the thrushes which 

 made themselves at home in his grandmother's door yard, and would 

 all delight in such charming friends. We have had occasional calls 

 from wood thrushes, but cannot coax them to stay with us, for, alas, 

 our neighbors pets are cruel cats; 



What do you think of Gerald Thomas' Goldfinch? Is it possible 

 that such a dainty fellow would get intoxicated? Naturalists often 

 secure butterflies and moths by putting out dishes of sugar and rum, 

 which the insects sip, and become an easy prey, but have our feather- 

 ed friends such weaknesses? Whom will tell us more about it? Do 

 not hesitate to write about your birding experiences and share them 

 with the rest of our circle. 



Cordially Your Friend, 



Meg Merrythought. 



