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you want for your iiustlings are in the garden, and tlie seeds you 

 like for a luncli for \ourself are on the weeds mixed up \\ ith the lawn 

 grass. You needn't mind taking them, either, for the people you 

 live with will be only too glad to get rid of them, because their 

 flowers are killed by the worms, and their lawns look badly when 

 weeds grow in the grass, so you will only be helping the kind 

 friends who have already helped you. Don't you think that will 

 be nice ? 



I'Hll'l'V's I AMll.V. 



Did you ever look into a Chippy's nest ? The eggs are a pretty 

 blue and have black dots on the larger end. 



When the little birds first come out of the shell their eyes are 

 shut tight, like those of little kittens when they are hrst born. 



If you are very gentle you can stroke the backs of the little ones 

 as they sit waiting for the old birds to feed them. 



I remember one plum tree nest on a branch so low that a little 

 girl could look into it. One day when the mother bird was brood- 

 ing the eggs the little girl crept close up to the tree, so close she 

 could look into Mother Chippy's eyes, and the trustful bird never 

 stirred, but just sat and looked back at her. "Isn't she tame?" the 

 child cried, she was so happy over it. 



There was another Chippy's nest in an evergreen by the house, 

 and when the old birds were hunting for worms we used to feed 

 the nestlings bread crumbs. They didn't mind the bread not being 

 worms so long as it was something to eat. It would have made you 

 laugh to see how wide, they opened their bills 1 It seemed as if the 

 crumbs could drop clear down to their boots I Wouldn't you like to 

 feed a little family like that sometime ? 



A Prize Offered 



"1117E want the boys and girls who read Bird -Dork to feel that 

 they have a share in making the journal interesting. Young 

 eyes are keen and eager when their owner's attention is aroused : 

 so we ask the attention of every reader of Bird -Dork of fourteen 

 years or under to the following offer : To the one sending us the 

 best account of a February walk we will give a year's subscription to 

 this journal. The account should contain 250 to 300 words, and 

 should describe the experiences of a walk in the country or some 

 large park, with particular reference to the birds observed. 



