How to Attract the Birds 



Doubtless they were spoiled babies from the 

 first. At any rate they had me completely enslaved ; 

 all other interests were forgotten; not for anything 

 would I have gone beyond their call. But real 

 motherly joy in them came when their pin feathers 



A full crop distended his speckled, thrush-like vest 



fluffed out, their legs became stout enough to climb 

 and hop over the wistaria vine on the balcony, 

 stubby little tails fanned out pertly and full crops 

 distended their speckled, thrush-like vests. When, 

 after about two weeks spent on and around the bal- 

 cony, the last of the quartette spread his strong 

 wings and flew off to the strawberry patch to pick 

 up his own living thenceforth, I realized as never 



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