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so that they can pick off morsels for them- 
selves. This will make them all very happy ; 
but you must see that the English sparrow does 
not drive them away, or eat it all himself. 
Some persons who live in the country or 
small towns spread a table every day through 
the winter for the birds. Many come for food, 
and they have great pleasure in watching them 
and studying nee ways. 
One lady I know who is an invalid, and her 
greatest happiness in the long cold months, when 
she cannot go out, is to set her breakfast-table, 
and watch the guests who come to it. 
She lives in the southern part of Ohio, and 
she has all winter cardinal grosbeaks, or red- 
birds as she calls them, biue jays, tufted titmice, 
and others. The cardinals are fine singers, and 
they sing to her every month in the year. 
