. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Till I'liulo by Uirt Layi DAINTIEST GUi;ST A picture of an inquisitive and very puz?'led humming-bird probing an artificial flower lish sparrow, house-finch, tree and violet green swallow, purple martin, house- wren, l-'arkman's \\'ren, Bewick's wren, A'igor's wren, and Texas Bewick's wren, white-breasted nuthatch, tufted titmouse. Mack-capped chickadee, Oregon chicka- dee, Carolina chickadee, robin, and three varieties of bluebirds—eastern, Avestern, and mountain. To this list the Carolina wreu ought probably to be ad


. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. Till I'liulo by Uirt Layi DAINTIEST GUi;ST A picture of an inquisitive and very puz?'led humming-bird probing an artificial flower lish sparrow, house-finch, tree and violet green swallow, purple martin, house- wren, l-'arkman's \\'ren, Bewick's wren, A'igor's wren, and Texas Bewick's wren, white-breasted nuthatch, tufted titmouse. Mack-capped chickadee, Oregon chicka- dee, Carolina chickadee, robin, and three varieties of bluebirds—eastern, Avestern, and mountain. To this list the Carolina wreu ought probably to be adrled ; though wliile I do not know personally of any record of its actually building in a bird- box, it builds about houses and in the most unheard of and crazy places. Robins and phcebes may be encour- aged by shelves conveniently placed be- neath the roofs of porches, piazzas, and sheds, while tlie insect-eating barn and ca\'e swallon'S may often be helped in their choice of nesting sites by a support- ing shelf, \dnes on trellises or about the ])iazza posts are attractive nesting sites for chipping sparrows, as well as robins, and I once knew of a bluejay that built in a wistaria vine overhanging a friend's front porch. One can never tell just what birds are going to do. Crows are reported to have nested in one of the squares in the city of Philadelphia and on Beacon Hill in I]oston, while a pair of sparrow-hawks have bred beneath the ea\'es of the Law- rence Scientific School in Cambridge, .Mass. Chimney swifts should also be encour- aged, and when possible the chimneys. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society


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