AMERICAN OENITHOLOOY. 315 



ANWERS TO AUGUST PUZZLES, 

 ENIGMA NO. 1. 



Devil Downhead. 



ENIGMA NO. 2. 

 Catbird. 



ENIGMA NO. 3. 

 Cardinal Grosbeak. 



Swallow. 



1. The Grackle. 



2. Bob White. 



3. His feathers. 



ENIGMA NO. 4. 



QUERIES. 



EXTRACTS FROMOURMAILBAG. 



I want to tell the young readers to look out when looking in any kind 

 of a nest. I made a bird house once and after several birds had been 

 taking possession of it, I thought I would let some good bird have it. 

 So I cleaned it out and it was taken right away by the Wrens, and after 

 a while the English Sparrows took it. I went one day up to my bird 

 house and thought I would see how many eggs there were in the nest. 

 I put my hand in the nest, and I jerked it out pretty sudden, for I felt 

 as if a needle was being put through my fingers. As I jerked it out a 

 bumble bee followed, so I got away for a few minutes and then de- 

 stroyed the bumble bees and the nest. 



Another time when I was out in the woods I saw a large nest like a 

 crow's. I climbed up to it and as I got to the nest a snake jumped 

 out, so you see it is hard to fell whether it is dangerous or not. I 

 hereafter inspect the nest before I use my hands in it. I wish the 

 American Ornithology good success. 



Frank F. France, 



Platteville, Wis. 



I thought some members of our "bird corner"' would like to hear 

 about my adventures at Roslyn, L. I. 



My brother had heard from Mr. Chapman that there was a very fam- 

 ous heronry there, so we thought we would like to go and visit it. 

 We started out one morning with all our photographing apparatus, 

 camera, tripod, tubing, etc. When we got there we found a pretty 



