time to time, the whole bolted to an 

 oaken batten, by which thev may be fas- 

 tened to trees (see page i6i ). 



These were formerly obtained in Eu- 

 rope, but are now manufactured b\' at 

 least two people in this countrA-. Those on 

 my place have been occupied by screech- 

 owls, bluebirds, chickadees, tree-swal- 

 lows, flickers, white-breasted nuthatches, 

 and great-crested flycatchers. Mouse- 

 wrens, which are very local in our part 

 of the country, have so far avoided them, 

 and I have failed ignominiouslv to at- 

 tract either the downy or the hairv wood- 

 peckers, both of which frequent my 

 woods. 



One firm makes bird-houses out of 

 natural hollow logs or limbs, with a hole 

 bored in the side, and wooden cap and 

 bottom, while another makes an imita- 

 tion woodpecker's nest of pottery. The 

 type previously described is, however, in 

 my opinion, far and away ahead of these 

 others. 



BIRDS Til. AT WILI. XliST IN PREP.\RI;d 

 HOUSES 



About houses and buildings, particu- 

 larly those on our farms, the ordinary 

 type of bird-house rather than the hollow 

 log is perhaps more appropriate. Blue- 

 birds, tree-swallows, and house-wrens 

 take to them readily, and if you ha\e a 

 large house on a high pole you mav be 

 lucky enough to attract a colonx' of 

 martins. Chickadees, great-crested fly- 

 catchers, and screech-owls may use these 

 boxes, and the following is a list of birds 



Photograph by I,ouise Birt Baynes 



THIi DAINTIEST GUEST 



A picture of an inquisitive and very puzzled 

 luimming-ljird probing an artificial flower 



MOTHER AND DAUGHTER 



Pliotograph by Ei'nest Harold Baynes 



This is a photograph of a wild chickadee feeding her young in June. She does not fear in 

 summer the hand that feeds her in winter. 



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