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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



Address communications for this department to 



Meg Merrythought, 156 Waterville Street, 

 Waterbury, Ct. 



Dear Young Folks: 



A pair of Bluebirds have their summer home in a box in an oak tree 

 near by. Last winter they rented it, (furnished, I think) to — can you 

 guess to whom ? A bright-eyed little fellow with a red fur coat and a 

 bushy tail. Here he kept cozy and warm through winter snows. He 

 was not a tidy a housekeeper, however, as Madam Blue, for when he 

 vacated in the spring, the floor was strewn with shells, and the house 

 was nearly filled with the straw mattress which he left behind, and if 

 we had not cleaned house before Mr. and Mrs. Blue arrived, I fear they 

 would have sought a new nest. You may find summer homes of the 

 birds with many queer tenants, on your winter walks in the woods, not 

 only the squirrels take possession of these deserted homes, but in the 

 cradle where babies in feathers swung in summer sunshine, you may 

 find the little field mice rocked to sleep by the cold winds of winter. 



In the Enigma, the Great-crested Flycatcher, in the September num- 

 ber, the number of letters should have been given twenty-two instead 

 of twenty-three. We wish you all enjoyment this month in our Amer- 

 ican holiday. Cordially your friend, 



Meg Merrythought. 



ROLL OF HONOR. 



Charles Alexander, Gloversville, N. Y.; Charles H. Abbott, Antrim, 

 N. H., Marietta Washburn, Goodwin, S. Dakota; Louise Jordan, De- 

 fiance, Ohio; Jean Lampton, Elmira, N. Y.; Huldah C. Smith, Provi- 

 dence, R. L 



ANSWERS TO OCTOBER PUZZLES. 



ENIGMA. 



SUGGESTED BIRDS. 

 2. Phoebe; 3. Jay; 4. Indigo Bunting; 5. Old 

 Lark; 7. Rail. 



Phoebe. 



1. Ovenbird; 

 Squaw Duck; 6. 



