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^2VRJ£S ABOUT BIRDS, 



which they left open, that the old birds might get in. The Hnnets, upon this, 

 began to fly backwards and forwards to the nest, and to feed the young. The 

 nest was then put in a cage, but the parent birds came to it the same as 

 usual, and perched upon it, taking no notice of the people in the room. 

 Everything would have gone on well, but that the cage was left out of door 

 one night, and the poor little linnets were drowned with the rain. The old 

 birds came as usual, and lingered round the house for several days, as if 

 wondering what had become of their little ones. At last they gave them up, 

 and went away. 



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THE MOOK-LARK. 



THE LARK. 



Who has not rejoiced to hear the song of the lark } On some fine clear 

 morning, up he springs from the corn or the clover field, and as he rises, pours 

 forth a flood of joyous music. It is a song peculiar to itself, made up of all 

 kinds of notes, varied in quick succession. As he rises he sings all the 



