. Bird lore . ercame on and the chickens went to roost in the hen-house. For several nights Peeweedie roosted alone in the grass near the house,but. tiring of that, he went with the chickens to the hen-house, where hehas roosted since, managing to get in between two chickens to keep warm. He eats out of our hands, and when not called for his food he comes onthe porch, flies on a table near the kitchen window and calls until he is we had snow on the ground, he flew from the hen-house to thekitchen, a distance of one hundred yards, got his food and flew back. It ispredicted that he will
. Bird lore . ercame on and the chickens went to roost in the hen-house. For several nights Peeweedie roosted alone in the grass near the house,but. tiring of that, he went with the chickens to the hen-house, where hehas roosted since, managing to get in between two chickens to keep warm. He eats out of our hands, and when not called for his food he comes onthe porch, flies on a table near the kitchen window and calls until he is we had snow on the ground, he flew from the hen-house to thekitchen, a distance of one hundred yards, got his food and flew back. It ispredicted that he will leave me at mating time, but as there is a covey ofQuail that frequents the garden and lawn, I trust that he will conduct asuccessful courtship and induce a mate to keep house with him on the lawn,and allow us to feed them as we have him. If he should leave, the pleasureAvc have derived from having him is worth all the trouble it has cost us. The picture shows Peeweedie on a wheelbarrow eating out of my A PAIR OF FLICKERS AND THEIR HOMEPhotographed from nature by .\. L. Priiicehoni
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