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to some shrub, and in case of danger they will dart through the bushes 
to conceal themselves. 
Most any of the above will add to the beauty of your yard and produce 
the same effect as the shrubs that do not produce bird food, and we hope 
you will make some effort to help our little feathered friends in securing 
their winter food. W. Ee Lyvon, 
Waukegan, Ill. 
Letters Regarding Bird Feeding 
In reply to yours of the 24th, I give you my choice of fruits and berries 
that our birds prefer to all others. Also some others that birds will feed 
on sparingly as a last resort but the latter shrubs are ornamental on any 
grounds. This I gained by being a life time with the birds and trees, 
making a close and careful study of both and being very careful not to 
- vouch for anything I was not positive of. 
I was right here when Passenger Pigeons, Ducks, Quail, Prairie Hens, 
Owls, Foxes, in fact most all the birds and animals reared their young 
about here. 
I was seven years old before the C. & N. W. Ry. came. I only mention 
this to let you know that I had spent a long life with the birds and it 
makes me sad to think the dear old times are gone and the wild life as 
well. 
Tartarian Honeysuckle Berries ripen July, Aug. 
Prunus Virginiana Small tree, ripen Aug., Sept. 
Prunus Serotina yee. Ue a tOsOcts 
Pyrus Aucuperia Small handsome tree, fine for lawn, fruits 
heavily Oct. first until spring; all birds fond 
Ol its 
Viburnum Lentago Small tree, fruits every year, black berries 
inplaroe clusters, leaveseturn.tred or. scarlet 
in autumn, fruit hangs all winter. 
Amelanchier Canadensis June berry ripe in mid-summer, a very good 
small tree. 
Juniperus Virginiana Red cedar, evergreen, cherry birds, wax- 
- wings, grosbeaks, finches are found there in 
winter. 
Juniper Low bush form—Waxwings and crossbills 
feed on it in winter. 
Viburnum Opulus High-bush Cranberry, a very desirable. 
shrub with clusters of scarlet berries in 
winter. Birds often feed on them when other 
berries become scarce. 
I have never seen birds feeding on the barberry. They also will eat of 
the Box Barberry, Matrimony Vine, Prunus Pumila and some others 
