XVI 
HIS WINTER HOME 
NEARLY every bird has two homes, one for 
winter and one for summer. 
We can see why birds leave us and go to a 
warmer and better place for the winter ; but why 
they do not stay in that country where there is 
always plenty of food, but choose to come back 
in the spring to their old home, we do not 
know. 
It may be because they want more room to 
build nests, and bring up their little ones. Or 
it may be that they want to come back because 
they love their old home. 
Whatever may be the reason, it is well for us 
that they do so, for if we had no more birds in 
the summer than we have in the winter, we 
should suffer very much from insects. We 
could not raise fruit, or vegetables, or grain, for 
insects would eat it all. That 1s one reason we 
are so glad that birds come back to us in the 
spring. 

