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HOW HE IS FED 
Soon after the young bird comes out of the 
egg, he begins to be hungry. All day long, 
whenever the father or mother comes near, he 
opens his great mouth as wide as he can, to have 
it filled, and the moment he gets his voice he 
eries for food. 
Then the old birds have to work hard. Three 
or four hungry nestlings can keep both father 
and mother busy from morning till night, hunting 
for caterpillars and beetles and grubs and other 
things to feed them. It seems as if the little 
fellows never could get enough to eat. Each 
swallow baby wants seven or eight hundred small 
flies every day, and a baby robin needs more 
earthworms in a day than you can hold in your 
hand at once. 
At this time you will see robins hunting over 
the lawn, and carrying great beakfuls of worms 
up to the nest. Bluebirds you will find looking 
in the grass, and sparrows hopping about on the 
