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WITir NAJTllE AND A CAMJ'JBA. 



waiting to be fed was ])liotograpliecI just as tlicir 

 mother arrived witli a W(^riu and called to tliem 

 from an adjoining oak tree. The bird on the left 

 was looking up at lier at tlio moment the plate was 

 exposed. 



Sometimes a male bird will rear a brood of young 

 ones by himself after an accident has deprived him 

 of the help of his companion. I remember the 

 case of a Red-backed Shrike accomplishing this feat 

 last summer in an old orchard close to my home. 



SPIDER'S WEB COVERED WITH HOAR FROST. 



