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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



Address communications for this department to 



Meg Merrythought, 156 Waterville Street, 

 Waterbury, Ct. 



Dear Young Folks: 



On one of our "Birding" trips a small boy remarked, "I think this is 

 as much fun as playing," I judge by your letters that many of you 

 spend much time in becoming good friends with the tree-top inh? bi" 

 tants. Do you think it is as much fun as playing ? In one of my 

 recent rambles a Catbird came from a thicket and scolded me loudly 

 and long. Perhaps I passed too near the nestful of maltese catbirds. 

 He made a great ado, seeming to think he was the sole owner of the 

 jungle and screamed "no trespassing allowed here?" However, I was 

 not sorry that he came out and spoke to me, for otherwise I might not 

 have seen his curious plumage. The middle feather of his tail was 

 pure white, which showed very clearly against his trim feathers" of 

 gray. 



I think most of our young folks like "pi," so we offer you some this 

 month. Do not hesitate to send in your answers if you cannot solve 

 every puzzle. I would like to have you write also, what you like best 

 in our department, and the kind of puzzles which please you the most. 

 Keep your eyes open during September for the migrants who may call 

 on you — dressed in their winter garb — on their way to sunny climes, 

 hundreds of miles distant. 



Cordially, Your Friend, 



Meg Merrythought. 



ROLL OF HONOR, 



Roy B. Noble, Cromwell, Conn.; Louise Jordan, Defiance, Ohio; Ev- 

 erett P. Walton, New Vineyard, Maine; William Schneider, LaCrosse, 

 Wis.; Stafford Allen Francis, Exeter, N. H. 



