AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 261 



WHAT BIRD IS THIS? 



A few days ago while walking in a valley in which are several oak 

 trees, I saw a bird which very much resembled the crow blackbird, 

 b)Ut it was smaller and it's plumage was not so glossy. The male was 

 black except the crown of his head which was of a bronzed color. The 

 female was smaller than the male, and of a brownish color with a light 

 brown breast. 



The male chirped somewhat like a Robin. I know this bird must 

 belong to the blackbird family, but do not know the name, and I wish 

 •some of the readers of American Ornithology would tell me through 

 this department. Joseph E. Jefferv, 



Sioux Rapids, la. 



PUZZLES, 



A Hidden Bird. 



My first is in strap but not in halter, 

 The next three you will find in falter. 

 That's four, the fifth you'll find in me. 

 My sixth is hidden in my skin. 

 My seventh is always in begin. 

 My eighth and ninth you will discover 

 If you examine the word another. 

 In winter, I'm as white as snow, 

 Now when you guess it let me know. 



Alice Garland, 

 Boston, Mass. 



ENIGMA, 



I am a small bird that migrates in the spring and fall and composed 

 of eighteen letters. My 5-1-7-8 is a well known bird, my 18-10-9-11-17- 

 -6 is a part of a train, my 16-2-5-12-4 is to be fortunate, my 3-6-7-8-14 is 

 .a color often seen on birds, my 13-14-12 is used in writing about birds, 

 my 15-6-13-9 is an effected laugh. Samuel D. Robbins, 



Belmont, Mass. 



