. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . ted nuthatches,and o^reat-crested flycatchers. 1 louse-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 holeI)ore(l in the side, and wooden caj) andliollom, while another makes an imita-tion woodpeckers nest of pottery. Thetype previously described is, however, inmy opinion, far and away ahead of t
. The book of birds, common birds of town and country and American game birds . ted nuthatches,and o^reat-crested flycatchers. 1 louse-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 holeI)ore(l in the side, and wooden caj) andliollom, while another makes an imita-tion woodpeckers nest of pottery. Thetype previously described is, however, inmy opinion, far and away ahead of theseothers. THAT WILL NKST IX IUI-IAUI-OIIOUSI-S About houses and buildings, particu-larly those on our farms, the ordinarytype of bird-house rather than the hollowlog is perhaps more appropriate. lUue-birds. tree-swallows, and house-wrenstake 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 Bin HaynesTIIIC DAINTIEST GUEST A i)icluro of an inquisitive and vof\ puzzled l)uiiiiiiinL-liir\ver
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