410 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



ENIGMAS. 



Find the name of a bird in each sentence, the number of letters- is in- 

 dicted by the figures. 



{a) Look for me flying over some broad — 5 — when you may know 

 me from any other — 4 — by the white spot at the base of my tail. 



{b) I fly in the late afternoon rather than at — 5 — and unlike a. I 

 am not really a — 4 — . 



{c) All the — 6 — was used to color myvbright feathers so none was 

 left for that little brown — 4 — my mate. 



{d) I am often found far north- of — 8 — and my loud clear whistle is 

 very different from the bubbling song of the house — 4 — . 



{e) The place to find me is an old over grown — 5 — ,but my breast 

 is not spotted, so do not mistake me for a song — 7 — . 



(/)They call me — 4 — because my head is white, but it is as well 

 feathered as that of my relative, the golden — 5 — . 



Isabella McC. Lemmon, 



Englewood, N. J. 



ENIGMA. 



I am composed of 14 letters. 



My 1-6-5 is to caress a dog, 



My 3-4 is a preposition, 



My 14-9-4 is an instrument of war, 



My 5-3-13 is a metal. 



My 11-9-10 is a large measure. 



My 7-6-2-7 is what we will be some day, 



My 8-12-13 is for storing grain. 



My whole is a beautiful song bird of the south. 



Geoffrey J. Giles, 



Comfort, Texas. 



And all the throng that dwell in nests and have the gift of song, 

 Whose household words are songs in many keys, 

 Sweeter than instrument of man ere caught. 

 Whose habitations in the tree top even 

 Are half-way houses on the road to heaven. — Longfellow. 



