MKIIKiAN Al'DlMON SOCIKTY. 
41 
the country but has some new facts concerning tlie robin in 
the course of each year, and Prof. \V. P>. Barrows, who spent 
several years studying the crow, says that he still learns new 
things of them. 
The black-capped chickadee is common throughout the 
state during the entire year, and is therefore known as a resi- 
dent bird. They are more common in the southern portion 
of the state in winter than in summer, and probably less com- 
mon in the northern portion. The fact is that the state has 
not been studied thoroughly enough ot give definie informa- 
tion on this, and many other points in bird life. The chick- 
adee is considered the most friendly of all our birds, and is 
well worthy of study. The winter months is the best time 
to make their acquaintance. The writer has found them in 
thickly grown woods, for the reason that such woods usually 
offer more food and better shelter. 
The white-breasted nuthatch is generally seen in the same 
woods with the chickadees. Its colors are more attractive 
and its notes a very odd one. 
The slate colored Junco is common in southern Michigan 
during the winter, and just as common in the northern por- 
tion in the summer, where it breeds. 
Both the hairy and downey woodpeckers are winter, as 
well as summer birds, and may be observed in all parts of the 
state. The red-headed woodpecker frequently winters in 
Wayne County. 
The blue jay is a common resident bird, and the northern 
shrike may be seen in all parts of the state during winter, 
though it is rare in the southern counties. 
The winter birds may be attracted to your homes, pro- 
vided you do not live in the business district of a large city, 
by placing pieces of suet on trees or other convenient places 
above the ground. Also by scattering crumbs, waste meat 
and small seeds. Woodpeckers like bones with fragments of 
meat, and suet attracts nuthatches and chickadees, while 
juncos, goldfinches and native sparrows enjoy small seeds 
such as come from the leavings of hay. As the birds have a 
severe struggle for life during our winters, you may feel that 
in banqueting them, you are doing a charitable deed, in re- 
turn for which you receive their companionship and are 
