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OUNTRY boys and girls, I suppose, 

 W are pretty generally acquainted 

 with the snow bird. As for the 

 children that live in the city, most of the 

 time, summer and winter, they have not 

 so many opportunities to get a pee23 at 

 Bird Land. I know a little girl, who makes it 

 a part of her business, every winter, when the 

 snow is deep and the weather is cold, to feed 

 the little snow birds that come to her door. 

 Her mother told me that it was her daughter's 

 custom to feed them regularly, every morning. 

 I was surprised when I heard how tame these 

 little fellows had become. Why, they did not 

 seem to be any more afraid of her than the 

 chickens were. They came up close to her 

 feet, to pick up the crumbs. I Avonder if this 

 little girl was not a great deal happier seeing 



