EFFECT OF COLD ON BIRDS. 



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I do not tliiiik for a inonieiit that Ijirds die 

 from cold, even in tlie severest of winters, if their 

 food supply does not fail them. After the terribly 

 hard weather cx})erieneed during- the first months 

 of 1895 I had a liook shown to me hanging- l)y its 

 claws in a tree, where it was supposed to have been 

 frozen to death ; l)ut I knew of a numljer of well- 





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THRUSH ON SLEEPir^G-PERCH. 



{I'hotogiaphril hy Miiijneslvia Flusliliglit.) 



fed Sparrows that slept in an equally, if not more 

 exposed, situation all through the winter, witliout 

 taking the slightest harm, also several l)arn-door 

 fowls that roosted every night in an old apple-tree 

 in j^erfect safety, with the exception of tlie chanti- 

 cleer, which had some of the serrations of a 

 somewhat large single comb frostbitten. Further, 

 I never yet met with a Blackbird, Thrusli, or 

 Kedwing dead in such a situation as to warrant 

 me in supposing that it had been frozen to death 

 whilst asleep, although I have found lots of 



