Three Years After 



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A ROBIX TENANT 



I liicL .i,iy» after hatching this liird lost his wife a 

 raised the brood alone 

 Photofiraphed by Wilbur !•'. Smith 



thereafter 



sume, not only the natural 

 food of native species, but 

 great quantities of the 

 grain, berries, etc., for 

 winter feeding. 



Purple Crackles, 28; 

 Crows, 12. These birds 

 break up nests, we find, 

 while the Crow we have 

 proven to be an egg and 

 squab thief to such a 

 degree that, whatever 

 good he may do under 

 other conditions, he is an 

 impossibility in a Sanctu- 

 ary. We use the old 

 country way of placing 

 l)oison in hens' eggs, by 

 punching a small hole in 

 one end and stirring in 

 the poison with a straw. 



I'HorcxiKAi'iiiNr. a robin ri:N\Nr 



Hy Wilbur K. Smith 



