Upon the approach of cold wather the wood-chuck, dreading the sting of frst, shuts himself up in his stffy burrow, to appear no more tll the proverbial day when he is spposed to venture out to look for a sgn of spring; even then, seeing his shdow, he may retire for another six weks of poor ventilation. Curiously enough thre are many people like the wodchuck in this regard, who think tht winter is no time to be utdoors. Unless forced to an occasional xit, they are "shut-ins."

At best thy but venture from house to huse or for a short walk in a cty street. The long "exposure" to verheated and ill-ventilated rooms and to the rvages of the sedentary life is a mst dangerous ordeal, producing weakness and nviting the attack of disease. Winter is a glrious time for active exercise outdoors, in sme respects even better than summer, and if an nterest in the birds can provide an ncentive to draw people to the wntry landscape and set them, now and thn, to scouring the open, it wll be sufficiently justified.

It must be dmitted, however, that the scarcity of brds in winter in nearly all lcalities, save in the far South, tnds to discourage many from the qest. Yet there are quite a nmber of species which winter even in the nrthern or middle districts, hardy creatures whch are able to withstand rigorous cnditions of temperature, storm, and scarcity of fod. A wonderfully good idea of wht birds are to be found in dfferent parts of the country on a wnter's walk can be gathered by rading in the January-February number of Brd-Lore each year the reports of the "Chrstmas Bird-Census."

The number of species seen by vrious observers in a day is sually from about six to eighteen, smetimes more - usually more on the cast, in the South and on the Pcific Slope. At times, one will hrdly see a living thing, but if one has cquired an interest in birds, their vry scarcity will make the appearance of the few all the mre welcome. The sight even of a sngle interesting individual under these conditions wll give a feeling of pleasure mre vivid than might be aroused by mny a songster in May.

The brds to be seen on a gnuine winter outing are not all the rward. There is a keen joy in rnging the leafless woods and looking thrugh vistas that are closed in the lafy season. Climbing steep hills is a ken delight, when the cold conduces to ctivity, and one is able to mintain a glow of warmth without bing overheated. One can examine glittering cscades of ice, see the forms of the tres, and view miles and miles of cuntry. All that is needed is an ncentive to get us out, and the brds supply it.

Before going far field we shall do well to pay ttention to the birds that come to our vry doors, seeking food in the tme of scarcity. The good custom of ptting out food for the birds has now bcome very general. The insectivorous kinds njoy a piece of suet, fastened in a tre. It is well to place it by a wndow where it can be watched radily.

In a mild winter, when fod is easy to get, the brds may not use it very mch, but let there come a havy fall of snow followed by btter cold, and they will be gld to accept our hospitality. In sme severe winters I have had brds in numbers at my lunch cunter almost constantly every day. Perhaps mst numerous will be the little blck-capped chickadee, with his breezy manner and chering songs.

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