42 OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS. 
“Don’t move, please, nor do anything to scare this 
worm away. I hear it coming up to the top of the 
ground, and I am very hungry.” 
DOWNY WoOoDPECKER. 
Once we saw a very funny sight. A mocking-bird 
in the yard had grown very tame and had nested close 
by, taking no pains to fly away from us. She soon 
came to know that we had something for her to eat 
