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of Colomba and Parrot's Feather (Myriophyl- 

 lum) might also be included and so placed that 

 the pot will be entirely hidden. 



I have divided the birds into four distinc- 

 tive groups, as follows: 



No. 1. — Suet Group: ^ 

 Chickadee 

 Tufted Titmouse 

 White-breasted nuthatch 

 Red-breasted nuthatch 

 Downy woodpecker 

 Hairy woodpecker 

 Red-beUied woodpecker 

 Flicker 

 Blue jay 

 Oregon jay 

 Whiskey jack 

 Crow 



Clarks crow 

 Brown creeper 

 Myrtle warbler 

 Rose-breasted grosbeak 

 Hermit thrush 

 Winter wren 

 House wren 

 Starling 

 Screech owl 



Song Sparrow 



"One of the most ad- 

 mirable and delightful 

 rrij , of American songsters'' 



These birds Courtesy U. S. Farm' 

 also eat ers' Bulletin, No. 630 



Sunflower 

 seed 

 Squash 

 seed 

 Meat 

 Fat pork 

 Crumbs 

 Dog biscuit 

 Walnuts 

 Butternuts 

 Unroasted peanuts 

 Other oily nuts 



A few of these birds will also eat 

 cracked com and oats. 



No. 2. — Seed Group: - 

 Junco 



Tree sparrow. Song Sparrow 

 White-throated sparrow 

 White crowned sparrow 

 Foxsparrow. Cardinal goldfinch ^ 

 RedpoU. Snow bunting 

 Evening grosbeak 

 Pine-grosbeak. Purple finch 

 Gray-crowned rosy nnch 

 Other finches and sparrows 



No. 3. — Grain Group: 

 Ruffed grouse 

 Quail 

 Partridge 

 Pheasant 

 Lapland longspur 

 Shore lark 



No. 4. — ^Fruit: 

 Robin 



Mocking bird 



Catbird and most other thrushes 



These birds also eat almost any 

 kind of small seeds or cracked grains, 

 such as bird seed, millet, etc., 

 crumbs, bread, crackers, dog bis- 

 cuit, etc. 



A few of this group will also eat a 

 Httle suet, or will pick at a bone 

 with a Httle meat or fat adhering, 

 but their normal food is vegetable. 



Any kind of gredn as: 

 Oats 

 Wheat 

 Rye 

 Barley 

 Buckwheat 

 Cracked corn 



This is a Southern group. Will 

 eat oranges, figs, grapes and almost 

 any other fresh fruit, also, some- 

 times, bread and milk. 



