NATURE'S CAROL SINGERS. 



fields and farmyards. They will asso- 

 ciate with Sparrows, Linnets, and Chaf- 

 finches, and during the winter months 

 they come regularly to my garden to 

 take their share of corn, sunflower seeds, 

 and other food which is provided every 

 morning for the consumption of all 

 feathered friends. It is amusing to see 

 one of these birds rolling a grain of 

 Indian corn about between its short, 

 stout mandibles, gradually reducing it 

 to pieces small enough to be swallowed, 

 and cleverly rejecting the thin husk in 

 which it is enfolded, and allowing it to 

 flutter to the ground. 



