. Bird-lore . rd-Lore subscribers ever saw a birdfreeze? I did, and I should like to tell what I saw. I was walking throughan orchard at Lake Mahopac, New York, when I saw a Cedar Waxwing flynoisily into an apple-tree. I walked on, but glanced back at the tree. As Iwas looking at it, I saw the Cedar Waxwing sneak out and fly into another quickly ran under the tree to see what it was doing. There, not far from theground, stood the bird next to her nest.(?) She was perfectly motionless. Isat down on the grass and watched for ten minutes, and she did not called me, and when I
. Bird-lore . rd-Lore subscribers ever saw a birdfreeze? I did, and I should like to tell what I saw. I was walking throughan orchard at Lake Mahopac, New York, when I saw a Cedar Waxwing flynoisily into an apple-tree. I walked on, but glanced back at the tree. As Iwas looking at it, I saw the Cedar Waxwing sneak out and fly into another quickly ran under the tree to see what it was doing. There, not far from theground, stood the bird next to her nest.(?) She was perfectly motionless. Isat down on the grass and watched for ten minutes, and she did not called me, and when I turned around she was gone. I noticed herdo it several times, and I often wondered if any of the other birds do it. Ifany other person has seen them do it, I should like to know of it.—HowardD. Boyle (aged 14), Elmhurst, N. Y. [ When suddenly surprised, many birds have the habit of becoming perfectlymotionless, or freezing, as Master Boyle puts it, with the evident object of escapingobservation.—A. H. YOUNG CEDAR WAXWINGSPhotographed by A. W. Honywell, Jr., New Haven, Conn. S4 Bird - Lore Where the Ruffed Grouse Sleeps Entering Pine Clearing, my attention was attracted to the pines, thebranches of which were heavily laden with snow. They looked very my eyes wandered around, I saw something dark beneath a small object saw me too, and, as it moved, I discovered that it was a RuffedGrouse. It was in desperate haste to get away from me but floundered aroundin the snow. After struggling along a few feet, with a supreme effort it roseand went hurtling off through the grove. I examined its hole with interest,carefully taking a step forward, when another Ruffed Grouse burst the snowycovering not a foot from me and flew off, evidently for Pine Woods. As itflew, I noticed that two of its tail feathers were missing. After looking at itshole, I entered Pine Grove, and presently came upon a number of Grousetracks and another hole. Looking in, I saw the dark p
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