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viewpoint. Philanthropic members of the 

 Audubon Society are contributing many 

 thousands of dollars annually, so that 

 these pictures and this literature may be 

 placed within the reach of all. To aid and 

 encourage the teachers who form Audu- 

 bon Classes, they are giving without cost 

 much valuable material, including Bird- 

 Lore, which contains many suggestions 

 and methods of instruction. It is small 

 wonder, therefore, that this plan of junior 

 work is meeting with such universal ac- 

 ceptance, and that classes continue to 

 be reported from almost every state in the 

 Union. The bearing of this work on the 

 minds of the men and women of the next 

 generation is interesting to contemplate. — 

 T. G. P. 



From a Tennessee Audubon Worker 



"Although my thermometer stood at 

 25 degrees this a.m., and the water in the 



bird-dish outside my window was solidly 

 frozen, the birds did not mind, but began 

 coming to my window while it was hardly 

 light enough for me to see the tiny objects 

 moving about in the tray. I rise at five 

 a.m., and put this tray out early, for well 

 I know that the Carolina Wrens which 

 room or roost in an old nest hung up in 

 the balcony will be the first to arrive for 

 breakfast. They are followed by the 

 White-breasted Nuthatch, the Tufted 

 Titmouse, the Chickadee, and later the 

 Downy Woodpecker, male and female. 

 I do not think that the Woodpeckers are 

 on good terms with the two Nuthatches, 

 while the Juncos confine themselves to the 

 porch roof. 



"I am reminded of Longfellow's lines, 

 'There are no birds in last year's nest,' 

 when I see two Wrens flying out of the 

 nest hanging in the balcony. Again it 

 said that 'Birds of a feather flock together.' 

 If one Nuthatch is eating and the other 



COMBINATION FEEDING SHELF AND HOSPITAL FOR INJURED RIRDS 

 In the garden of Mrs. Harriet Myers, Los Angles. California 



