36 NEWS FROM THE BIRDS. 



bend it down witli their weight, and hold it on 

 the ground with their feet, while they rifled the 

 pods of their seeds ; then they would hop off 

 the stem and allow it to swing up to an up- 

 right position, after which they would pick up 

 any seeds that might have been shaken out on 

 the ground. They did this again and again, 

 so that it may be set down as one of the 

 pretty ^' ways " of Master Junco. 



