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BY THE WAYS IDE 
Subdivisions in the Order Passerss 
T. Birds of Prey : 
Shrikes. 
H. Aerial: 
Swallows—characterized by bluish 
upper parts, except the bank swallows! 
IK. Field and Orchard: 
1. Blackbirds, — Variously colored, 
bill tapering, family includes black¬ 
birds, meadow-lark and the orioles. 
2. Finches and sparrows, bill usually 
short and conical, well suited to crack 
seeds. Color pattern often streaked. 
3. Flycatchers, a family of plainly 
colored birds (gray and white usually) 
which have the habit of perching, and 
then making short bights after a pass¬ 
ing insect. Examples—-Pewee, king¬ 
bird. 
4. Wrens and Thrashers, diverse as 
to size, but usually have brown as the 
predominant color (except catbird) 
usually prefer tangles and underbrush. 
IV. Woodland: 
1. Warblers, small restless, usually 
brightly colored birds. The great num¬ 
ber are known as migrants only, ap¬ 
pearing for a few days at a time, but 
often in large flocks. Maryland yellow 
throat and some other forms are not 
typically found in the woodlands. 
2. Vireos, generally inconspicuously 
colored, not nearly as active as the pre¬ 
ceding, and larger. 
3. Kinglets, Diminutive, “greenish’ 4 
birds which derive their name from the 
presence of a colored crown area in the 
male. 
4. Nuthatches, General color slate 
gray above and white below. They se¬ 
cure their food by crawling over 
trunks and branches, head up or head! 
down—it makes no difference, in search 
of insects and insect eggs. 
5. Thrushes: Medium sized; back 
usually some shade of brown (except 
bluebird). Breast always spotted at 
some age or other. 
Note: 'Birds not classified—Crow, 
Jay, Horned Lark, Creeper, Chickadee, 
Tanager, Waxwing. 
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believed there will be plenty of good 
hunting. A certain tract will be set 
aside in each county of the state and 
heavy penalties will be imposed upon 
those who violate the law.” 
Sinnissippi Farm is the name of the 
farm alluded to in the clipping. It is 
the property of Colonel and Mrs. F. 0. 
Lowden, who make their home at one 
of the most beautiful parts of the estate. 
Sinnissippi Farm includes about six 
thousand acres, lying for over five miles 
along the east bank of the Rock River, 
in Ogle County, Illinois, and is a pretty 
well-wooded tract. In addition to the 
native trees and shrubs, the owners 
have taken great pains and thought in 
setting out a great variety of shrubs, 
plants and trees, among them many 
young evergreens, thus affording the 
most attractive home for the wild crea¬ 
tures that love to stay there, as well 
as an ideal place of shelter. The last 
two seasons eggs of the English pheas¬ 
ant have been obtained from the Illi¬ 
nois State Game Warden, and the 
place is the domicile of these graceful 
birds, who find large pans of galvan¬ 
ized iron filled with shelled corn by 
one of the attendants and set at vari- 
