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AMERICAN ORXITHOLOGY 



Photo from life by Isaac E. Hess. 

 MOTHKR ROBINS CARES. 



You can see from her thoughtful poi<e that -^he has jui<t been conversing with 

 them. You can readily ascertain from the size of the photo, that I uns quite near 

 tvhen I pressed the l)ulh, near enough in fact to hear if) her recital of her hard 

 mornings irorlc. Seriousljj, J don't thini: she uas complaining, merebj the 

 natural result of a u-ori^-u-earij matron uiio could not hel)) noticing that the mas- 

 ter of the household u'as shirking Iiis share of tlie /r/.sA-. Happihi I urts well hid- 

 den behind a box and urts able to catch ( bij shorthattd) a feu- of her sentences.(f) 



You have Mrs. Robin's and mij permission to reproduce the picture and im- 

 mortalize her wo7-ds in your excellent Bird Magazine. I. E. H. 



