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SCOUTING FOR GIRLS 
our homes. Every girl can do a great deal to attract 
birds. 
First, by putting up nesting boxes. Since the people 
of our country have destroyed so much of our native 
forests and undergrowth, have drained so many of our 
swamps, and have cultivated so much of the grassy 
prairie, many birds have difficulty in finding suitable 
places to nest. This can be remedied in the case of 
birds that nest in cavities, such as the House Wren, 
Tree Swallow, Purple Martin, Screech Owl, Chicka- 
dee, and Bluebird, by putting up nesting boxes. For 
those that nest in shrubbery, like the Catbird and the 
Brown Thrasher, shrubs and vines may be planted so 
that the desirable tangle may be had. r 
Second, by putting out bird baths. In this improved 
country of ours, there are doubtless large areas in which 
A MOTHER MALLARD AND HER FAMILY 
The Wild Mallard is the original of many of the domesticated ducks 
Range : Northern Hemisphere 
