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WILD NATURE'S WAYS. 



hard-pressed wild birds throughout the winter 

 months. 



When the weather is extremely inclement, 

 almost any sort of fare — such as crusts of bread, 

 crumbs, scrapings of pudding-dishes, cooked po- 

 tatoes, bits of suet, bacon rind, and meat bones 

 with something left to peck at still adhering to 

 them — proves acceptable. I have known starving 

 birds eat even brown Windsor soap. 



The flotsam and jetsam of tlie kitchen is soon 

 exhausted, however, and then arises the problem 

 of what it is best and cheapest to provide as a 

 substitute. For song thrushes, blackbirds, star- 

 lings, robins, and hedge accentors I buy quantities 

 of dog biscuits, which are soaked, crumbed, and 



SONG-THRUSH COVIING TO FEED. 



