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Fig. 3. MADAM CHICKADEE AND HER HOME. 



She has a green caterpillar in her beak; as it ivas a lively 

 one, she has beaten it on a branch until it is mis-shapen arid 

 nearly dead. 



as rapidly as they could come from the throat of an angry 

 bird. 



It was very evident that we were uncomfortably near 

 her home, but in which direction it was, we did not know 

 and, had she been wise and remained silent, we probably 

 never would have known. She came down very close to us 

 and we saw that she had her beak filled to the brim with 



