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put up a martin house, but so far it had not been occupied.
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Photo by Joseph H. Dodson
THE HOME-COMING OF THE MARTINS
"Your house has such wide porches, and mine hasn't any," she remarked, as she watched the returning birds sit on the porches and coo to each other. "And," she added, "I have been told that my house is too near the garage."
It is true that martins are not easily attracted; but when once they have accepted a house they will be steady summer tenants for years. When I think what a pleasure it is to have a flock of these lovely birds, year after year, from April to September, I
