106 FEEDING WILD BIRDS IN WINTER. 



down each morning to carry on the dual occupa- 

 tion of writing letters and watching the birds. 



This winter (February, 1895) is one of excep- 

 tional severity. More than a month of intense 



MY WINDOW VISITORS. 



frost will have killed thousands of birds, especially 

 of the insect-eating species. Tits have even 

 attacked the woody galls upon the oak-trees, and 

 extracted the grubs from them, thus doing the 

 forest-trees good service. 



It is curious how plainly individual character 



