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see it except in winter or in early 
spring, and we may not see it at all for 
a year or two at a time. It is tamer, 
or perhaps more stupid, and certainly 
fonder of the mountain ash berries 
than the Cedarbird. It builds a sim¬ 
ilar but larger nest, and lays larger 
eggs. But it rears its family not with 
us, but in the lonely stretches of terri¬ 
tory on the coast of the Arctic Ocean, 
in northern Alaska, on the Mackenzie 
River, Keewatin. 
1 nearly forgot to give you the ways 
to tell our two friends apart; here they 
are: 
('Cdarbird: found chiefly in summer; 
smaller than a robin; under side of tail 
white; yellowish on belly; no chestnut- 
brown on forehead; no conspicuous 
white or yellow on wings. 
Bohemian Waxwing: seen only in 
winter; about the size of a robin; un¬ 
der side of tail brown; no yellow on 
belly; cliestnut-brown on forehead; 
wings with conspicuous white or yel¬ 
low, or both. 
It may be well to add here that in 
the Cedarbird at least (lie’s also known 
as Cherrybird) the red tips of the wing 
feathers are sometimes absent. 
Suggestions to Teachers. 
For the next month no better sub¬ 
ject can be taken up than that of Ihe 
feeding of birds. If a school is at all 
favorably located, much can be done 
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by feeding to keep the winter birds 
near it. Of course care must be taken 
that the birds are not disturbed by 
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stone-throwing and similar nuisances. 
For feeding two very simple devices 
are available, among many others, and 
children should he urged to resort to 
these not only around the school house, 
but around their own homes. After 
the first results are obtained, there is 
uually no difficulty in having the work 
kept up. The methods referred to are: 
1. Raw pork rind, or pieces of suet. 
Preferably both should be used, and 
observations made as to the choice by 
various birds between the two. The 
pieces are simply hung to the branches 
of trees, well out of reach of cats. It 
would be well, if possible, to hang them 
where they can be observed from the 
class-room window, and yet not near 
enough to prove a distraction from 
regular class work. 
2. A “lunch counter,” a small plat¬ 
form, a foot or fifteen inches square, 
