. Bird-lore . lized that ittakes pull to get things in this world. Hesoon became at it, and in a fewdays we had the pleasure of watching himmake profitable round-trips from fence tobush with never an instants pause. After a few trips to the garden, wherewe dug worms for him, he learned to lookfor them on the ground, and later on wewere almost sure to get an answer fromhim in the corn-rows whenever we calledhis name, and, until quite late in the sum-mer, he would answer and come to usfrom the trees when we were in the yard. He would ride round on our shoulders buthis favorite perch was
. Bird-lore . lized that ittakes pull to get things in this world. Hesoon became at it, and in a fewdays we had the pleasure of watching himmake profitable round-trips from fence tobush with never an instants pause. After a few trips to the garden, wherewe dug worms for him, he learned to lookfor them on the ground, and later on wewere almost sure to get an answer fromhim in the corn-rows whenever we calledhis name, and, until quite late in the sum-mer, he would answer and come to usfrom the trees when we were in the yard. He would ride round on our shoulders buthis favorite perch was on someones loved to bathe and made his wantsknown plainly by going to his drinking-cup and fluttering his wings his bath he would fly to the round ofa certain chair to preen himself. Since hehad no family to associate with, it tookseveral hard-fought battles to establishhimself in bird society; but by the endof the summer he seemed to be on goodterms with the other Robins in the neigh-. THE PET ROBIN GETS A WORM FROMITS FRIEND, MISS MARIE KUGLER borhood. I had read of the whispersongs of birds, but had never heard oneuntil this bird began to sing. Eveningafter evening he would croon the dearestlittle twittering songs to himself, as ifputting himself to sleep with a lullaby. Wetook several good pictures of him, but theaccompanying one is his best; it shows himat meal-time, very much interested inthe menu. We are wondering whether he will comeback to us next summer. We have markedhis foot so that we may recognize him. 66 Bird- Lore NEW MEMBERS AND CONTRIBUTORS Enrolled from October 20, 1916, toJanuary i, 1917. Life Members: Adams, Edward D. Adams, Thomas M. Brewster, Frederick F. Hancock, Mrs. James Denton. Jackman, Edwin S. Joslyn, Mrs. George A. Miles, Mrs. Flora E. Noyes, Mrs. David A. Riker, John J. Seton, Ernest T. Turnbull, Anna B. (In Memoriam) Wason, Charles W. Watson, Mrs. Thomas J. New Members:Abert, BenjaminAlbert, J. D., Jr., and Theodore Gree
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