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living this year in a deserted woodpecker's 

 hole ; which tenement has been entirely 

 rearranged to suit her own fancy since 

 the woodpecker family moved out; 

 Jenny Wren, in her nest among the 

 leaves of the woodbine ; Mrs. Phoebe, 

 comfortably installed in her plain house 

 upon a beam in the shed ; Mrs. Swallow 

 in her mud nest upon a rafter of the barn ; 

 Mrs. Oriole in her swinging nest in the 

 elm ; Mrs. Tanager occupying a less fash- 

 ionable nest in the hedge ; Mrs. Bobolink 

 in her grass home tucked under some bush 

 or stump ; and all the thrushes, living on 

 or near the ground. In all these pretty 

 little homes, warm mother hearts are 

 beating just above the eggs and the 

 birds are hoping that no evil will be- 

 fall them ; that the black snake and 

 the crow and the king-bird will not 

 discover their abodes, and that the 



