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ing two months before their time ; examine their trunks care- 

 fully and you will find little holes bored through the bark into 

 the sap where a little worm is consuming the very life of the tree, 

 — they are there by the millions. The Red-Headed Wood Pecker, 

 the Tom Tit and the Yellow Hammer if allowed to breed in suffi- 

 cient quantity, is the only hope. 



John M. Millan, 

 Secretary. 



