At Breakfast, Dinner, Tea, Supper. 



end, especially when nearly all the kernel has gone. 



They remmcl one of two boys trying to get through a 



barrel from opposite 



ends clurinof an ob- 



stacle race. Having 



thus to work in the 



dark, after a vigorous 



peck or two they 



jerk their heads out 



to see if anyone is 



coming. Often one 



of the birds will get 



scared by seeing a 



head bob in at the 



opposite end of the 



nut every time he 



attempts to take a 



bite, and, jumping on 



the top, will begin 



to chatter and plainly 



request his brother 



Bill}^ to look sharp 



and allow him a 



chance at his end, as depicted in the frontispiece to 



this work. 



A\^e were able to recognise one or two members of 

 this species every time they came along. One we 

 christened Cheeky Charlie with the Clean Yellow 

 Waistcoat, because he was much brighter than his 

 fellows, could drive any of them off, and snap his bill 



GREENFIXCHES EATIXG SUNFLOWEK 

 SEEDS {p. 8). 



