Elwyn A. S.—The shells of your doves' eggs are soft because the doves probably eat nothing from which the shell can be formed. A piece of cuttle-fish hung in the cage might answer the purpose; or, still better, the shells of hens' eggs broken in pieces and scattered in the cage. The doves also need plenty of clean gravel to scratch in.—Your first favor was acknowledged in Young People No. 19.
Maud H. B.—In an article on "The House-Sparrow" in Young People No. 14 you will find out what kind of food your "sparrow named Hopkins" will like best.
PUZZLES FROM YOUNG CONTRIBUTORS.
No. 1.
DIAMOND.
In marble. To lay a wager. To yield blossoms. An animal. Reptiles. An abbreviation. In ascend.
A. H. E.