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Title: Bird-lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Conservation Periodicals
Publisher: New York, National Association of Audubon Societies
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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I30 Bird - Lore shook itself dry and arranged its feathers correctly, and, just before flyingaway, refreshed itself with a bite or two of suet. The morning was mild (asmost of the winter has been), with no snow on the ground; but the absence ofsunshine and a dampness in the air made it, to my mind, an unattractive morn-ing for a plunge out-of-doors. White-breasted Nuthatches may have the bath-habit, but, though I have watched them at all times of the year, this isthe first time I have seen one enjoying a dip.—R. Owen Merriman,Hamilton, Out. A BIRD-BATH OF THE CENTURIES
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This ancient Indian mill, or maize-bowl, showing the rounded cavitywhere corn was pounded into meal with a stone pestle, was found in Way-land, Mass., and is now used as a bird-basin in a garden in that town. In itsoriginal situation on a pasture hillside, it held water and was used by thebirds as a bath from the time the last Indian ground corn in it—three hundredyears ago. Thus may we not assume that we here see one of the oldest bird-basins inconsecutive use in the country?—Alfred W. Cutting, Wayland, Mass. Why Do Birds Bathe? 131 SUMMARY These generalizations represent our present knowledge: All of the perching birds take soak-, dip-, shower-, sun- and air-baths, butdo not take the dust-bath except the English Sparrow, the Thrasher, the SongSparrow, and the Wren. (I am in hopes that we shall add greatly to this list.) All of the bigwings, that is Goatsuckers, Swifts, and Hummingbirds, takesun-, air-, dip-, and shower-baths, but never soak- or dust-baths. All of the Woodpeckers

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