NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. 



and cranny for 

 some lurking 

 morsel of insect 

 life. 



It is strange 

 how such an in- 

 nocent and al- 

 together praise- 

 worthy little 

 bird should have 

 come to occupy 

 such an unen- 

 viable position 

 in bird folk- 

 lore. The com- 

 mon names of 

 this species in 

 most European 

 languages as- 

 sign kingly dig- 

 nity to it, and 

 it obtained 

 kingship of all 

 the birds by a 

 mean kind of 

 trick. A parlia- 

 ment of birds 

 agreed that the 

 one that could 

 fly highest 



WREN'S NEST AMONGST 



IVY GROWING ON THE TRUNK 



OF A TREE. 



