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Bird- Lore 



their daily visits throughout the entire spring and summer. Beechfinks 

 and Amsels were less frequent as the season advanced, and now rarely 

 come to the veranda, though they are still numerous in the neighbor- 

 hood. 



Besides these, I have had a few occasional visitors, the most con- 

 spicuous being the Goldammer {Emberiza citrinella) , his clothing being 

 mainly yellow. His calls were daring the winter, when 1 saw him oft€n 

 on the street feeding with the Sparrows. In May the city and vicinity 

 were invaded by a vast army of Reed Buntings or Rohrammers ( Emberiza 

 schoeniclus) . They fraternized with th.e Sparrows in making the bird- 

 house as clean as an empty pantry. They made no attempt to use the 

 ■'food-giver," which seems precisely adapted to their habit of swinging 

 on swaying plants and branches. Sometimes, when I open the door 

 in the early morning, I find the food untouched and a cat on or near 

 the veranda. This, however, seldom happens, for the cats know I keep 

 a supply of stones with which to pelt them at every opportunity. 



Many other birds than these 1 have mentioned are characteristic of 

 the city in their season. Appliances for the feeding and nesting of 

 different kinds of birds are for sale in the shops. Children are taught 

 to know and love the birds, as well as other natural objects. No legis- 

 lation can do so much for the attraction and preservation of the birds 

 as that love for them which makes the entire community interested 

 in their welfare and happiness. 



UOWNV WOODPECKER 

 Photographed from nature, by A. L. Princehorn 



