31 JANUARY 1914, Page 34

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suggestion of your correspondent " R. G. H.," on January 17th, of utilising a Christmas tree is one which I followed last winter after reading a valuable little book, How to Attract and Protect Wild Birds, by Martin Hicsemann, published by Witherby and Co., London. I prepared a mixture of hot fat, meat, breadcrumba, &c., and poured it over the tree, greatly to the satisfaction of our feathered friends. Later on, to our great delight, some blackbirds built their nest in the tree, and hatched off a brood of young.