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BY THE WAYSIDE 
kill a beetle in front of the store and if I 
do my father will give me a whipping so 
I think I will tell you that last year you 
told me to build a martin house. I had 
to help my father in the store I didn’t 
have time to make it so this year I will 
try to make one. Our room is going 
to start an Audubon society this year 
and I think I will join it. 
Yours truly, 
Aged 11. Holger Junget. 
Maywood, Ill. 
Dear Wayside: 
I have made a house for a bluejay. A 
bird came up to our door, the other day 
and mamma took him in and gave him 
something to eat and to drink, but he 
died. We have had many birds that 
have died. I hope we will not see any 
more dead birds. Mrs. Reade is going 
to start an Audubon society. The birds 
will soon go south. I' wish the birds 
could stay with us all winter. I think 
Mrs. Reade is kind to the birds. In va¬ 
cation I saw all kinds of birds. I think 
birds are pretty things. I gave birds 
crumbs in vacation. 
Yours truly, 
Ella Zeige. 
Maywood, Ill. 
Dear Wavside: 
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In summer, early in the morning there 
were always black crows in our yard and 
we fed them. One morning there were 
twenty crows in our back vard. When 
one flies away they all fly away. 
Ruth Inglis. 
Wisconsin Prize Letter. 
Mauston, Wis., May, 15, 1907. 
Dear Wayside: 
Every day I see some evening gros¬ 
beaks in our yard near the apple tree. 
They were there a couple of days before 
I noticed them. Then I began to won¬ 
der what they were. When I got to 
school I looked in the bird-book for 
them and found that they were evening 
grosbeaks. They are very pretty birds. 
On their back, head and breast is yel¬ 
low, then on both sides there is a big 
white spot and the tail is black, they are 
about as large as a robin. The other 
day I put some crumbs on the ground. 
After awhile I went out to see if the 
crumbs were there yet, but as I opened 
the door a grosbeak flew away and the 
crumbs were gone. Then today there 
were four girls trying to catch a poor 
little bird, but could not. So I went out 
to see what thev were after and I saw a 
mf 
lot of redstarts. They are very pretty 
little birds. They have a black back 
and head, with white breast and some 
orange on their wings and tail. Their 
wings are lined with light orange. They 
are about three and one half inches long. 
Then today I saw a scarlet tanager. It 
was a very pretty bird. It was on the 
ground, so I could see it well. It is all 
red except the wings are black. It is 
about six inches long. 
Yours truly, 
Aged 11. Gertrude Teed, 
The Robin. 
Merrill, Wisconsin, 
We watch for the robin in spring be¬ 
cause we think spring is here to stay 
when the robin comes. They spend the 
winter in the south because it is too cold 
for them here in the winter. The robin 
is about five and three quarters inches 
long, the breast is reddish orange with 
gray on the sides of the neck, the bill is 
black and feet are brown. Their body is 
