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June25-a0, 1889. 



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Wellsloy Hills, Ivlass. 



The same farmer is tlie man who for the past two winters lias 

 fed the Chiclcadees from his hand in a certain swamp (as I did too, 

 last winter). This year we had not found them till this forenoon. 

 Then in crossing the upper end of the swamp, we heard a Chickadee '-s 

 notes, and stopped. Three or four birds camie up , Wjrman took a bit 

 of bread from his pocket, held it out, and instantly one of them 

 perched on his hand and ate. This interests me as being proof 

 that birds winter year after year in the same spot, 



Bradford Torrey( letter December 13, 1896). 



