Evening star., 1944-05-22
This and That
BIZ Charles E. Trace1DeH.
EUCLID STREET.

EUCLID STREET.
Dear Sir:
Eyes, am one of your fans You have
helped me to identify some of these
birds, but there Is little gray one
about as big as a sparrow that has a
white "V" in its tail when it flies away.
can't see quick enough to tell whether
the white feathers are on the outside,
but think not.
Eve watch the birds in the Cook
School garden from our kitchen window
Mockers, cardinals, sparrows, starlings,
black birds are the most common, but
there are some others don't know. My
real purpose in writing is to get your
advice on bird book We have the
10-cent store ones, but saw two which
look good, only don't know which
would be more useful to us.
I'VE are not technically inclined, and
are just beginners. One was "A Field
Guide to Birds by Roger Tory Peter
son. The other was The Illustrated
Encyclopedia Of American Birds by
Leon Augustus Hausman. Which do
you think Is better, or Is there some
other book which would be easier to
use?
VERY truly yours, N. M. W."
CHEVY CHASE BLVD.
Dear Sir:
THANK God for Garden and for
Mr.. Tracewelrs column!
May ask your help? Can you iden-
tify bird about the size of robin, its
breast more red that q robins, wings
edged and tail tipped in white?
Can you identify q pair of rather
large birds, about the size and form of
bobwhites, with round full bodies and
longish tails? One is smooth gray like
a pigeon, the other brownish with
pronounced black spots on his lower
back. They look like game birds. They
come daily and feed on the wild bird
seed in our garden. They 60 about the
business OF eating In a most solemn
and thorough manner. They are in
separable.
Can you recommend not too costly
yet complete and in color book on birds2
Preferably one specializing in birds to
be seer in this vicinity?
Sincerely, r. I. O."
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ARLINGTON, VA.
Dear Sir:
Il have been a reader of your column
for some time, and my 10-year-old
daughter Is studying birds and must
have some pictures. We have asked at
several stores but cannot find any.
Gould you tell me where we would be
able to get them?
Thank you for very enjoyable
column.
Very truly yours, w. P. R."
IN STREET.
Dear Sir:
THE other day I noticed a bird of
an incident which may or may not have
constituted serious interference with
romance. A young lady walking leisurely
in Lafayette Park dropped a dainty
white handkerchief. Back of her about
SO feet young Army lieutenant GAL
lantly fastened forward to retrieve the
historic token, but before he could reach
1t black bird swooped down and picked
1t up almost out of his outstretched
hand, much to his apparent chagrin.
He stood transfixed to the spot, gazing
with the oldest of expressions after
the bird as 1t few directly across the
street into a big tree in the White
House grounds.
sincerely, M. A. B.
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Our Euclid street correspondents bird
was the junco, or snowbird The books
mentioned are good. Others are Chester
Reeds Bird Guide, Land Birds East of
The Rockies" published by Doubleday,
Doran; Bird Portraits in Color" by
Thomas Sadler Roberts, published by
the University of Minnesota Press, and
Birds Of America" edited by T. Gilbert
Pearson, and published by Garden City
Publishing Co.
Our Chevy Chase Boulevard CORES
pondents first bird was the towhee or
chewink, the second were turtle doves.
Our recommendation for a simple and
easily used bird book is the Reed pocket
volume.
Our Arlington correspondent may find
out about the sort of pictures desired by
addressing the National Audubon
Society, New York City.