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is important that you mention whether each bird breeds 

 there, passes through spring and autumn, or is only a win- 

 ter visitor. 



Perhaps there is no animal in the world that comes near- 

 er to man's heart, and seems more akin, than the bird, be- 



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cause of its beautiful home-life, and the loving care with 

 which it anticipates and provides for its brood. There is 

 a charm about the nest of a bird that does not linger about 

 the hive of the wild bees, the burrow of the woodchuck, 

 or the dome of the musk-rat. It is more a home than any 



