. The book of birds; common birds of town and country and American game birds . white-breasted nuthatches,and great-crested flycatchers. House-wrens, which are very local in our partof the country, have so far avoided them,and I have failed ignominiously to at-tract either the downy or the hairy wood-peckers, both of which frequent mywoods. One firm makes bird-houses out ofnatural hollow logs or limbs, with a holebored in the side, and wooden cap andbottom, while another makes an imita-tion woodpeckers nest of pottery. Thetype previously described is, however, inmy opinion, far and away ahead
. The book of birds; common birds of town and country and American game birds . white-breasted nuthatches,and great-crested flycatchers. House-wrens, which are very local in our partof the country, have so far avoided them,and I have failed ignominiously to at-tract either the downy or the hairy wood-peckers, both of which frequent mywoods. One firm makes bird-houses out ofnatural hollow logs or limbs, with a holebored in the side, and wooden cap andbottom, while another makes an imita-tion woodpeckers nest of pottery. Thetype previously described is, however, inmy opinion, far and away ahead of theseothers. EIRDS THAT WILL NEST IN PREPAREDHOUSES About houses and buildings, particu-larly those on our farms, the ordinarytype of bird-house rather than the hollowlog is perhaps more appropriate. Blue-birds, tree-swallows, and house-w^renstake to them readily, and if you have alarge house on a high pole you may belucky enough to attract a colony ofmartins. Chickadees, great-crested fly-catchers, and screech-owls may use theseboxes, and the following is a list of birds. Photograph by Louise Birt Baynes THE DAINTIEST GUEST A picture of an inquisitive and very puzzledhummingbird probing an artificial flower.
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