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to fly, and other accomplishments that 

 are necessary to bird life ? Some natural- 

 ists say they do, and others that they do 

 not, but I incline to the former opinion, 

 else why does the father robin stand upon 

 a near-by limb, dangling a fat worm in 

 his beak, while the young stretch their 

 heads over the edge of the nest for the 

 prize ? Why is there such a chirping and 

 calling of the old birds and answering 

 peeps from the young, unless they are 

 trying in bird language to reassure the 

 fledglings, and coax them to make the first 

 attempt with their wings ? 



The calling about a crow's nest is fairly 

 deafening when the young are learning 

 to fly. Even in the Scriptures it is writ- 

 ten, '* As an eagle stirreth up her nest, flut- 

 tereth over her young, spreadeth abroad 

 her wings, taketh them, beareth them 

 on her wings." 



