BIRDS WITH A HANDICAP 



the wonder, if, indeed, it were not too late. To our 

 joy the tiny bird was still in the nest and its mother 

 was so attentive that within an hour I had seven more 

 pictures to the good. Pictures of the little dear perching 

 on a twig, ready for his exit into the great wide world, 

 crowned the successful labors. Next day the workmen 

 found only the empty nest which had served w^ell its 

 purpose of giving to the world two more art treasures 

 of bird life. 



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