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began to come to the window, and was very bold, 

 sending all the other birds ' to the right about ' ; 

 coming when called, even from the other end of 

 the lawn, and sitting by me with the greatest 

 confidence as I worked by the window. But I 

 am afraid it was an old robin that felt its end 

 approaching, and came for a little assistance ; 

 for one day it had a dreadful tit before my eyes, 



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and fell down on the lawn below. I ran down, 

 expecting to see it dead ; it was still in convulsions, 

 but slowly recovered, and seemed pretty well next 

 day. After that it appeared no more, and when I 

 was told that a dead robin had been picked up in 

 the shrubbery opposite to the window, I felt sure 

 it was my little friend. 



Nuthatches abound this year, and are full of 

 confidence, but afraid of each other. One is very 



