76 WESTERN SERIES OP READERS. 



Yesterday it was wanner, and the house-flies 

 thought spring had come, and they forgot to go 

 to bed in the woodshed or barn loft. So the war- 

 blers catch them napping on a cold morning on 

 the house-screens. The flies are so chilled, they 

 do not feel the cold nor the snap of the bird's 

 beaks. 



This very morning, a couple of warblers are 

 snatching flies from the windows, holding to the 

 wire with one foot, while they stop to look about 

 them. Bang they go to another wire screen! 

 We sometimes leave the window up in the after- 

 noon on purpose for the flies to feel the warmth 

 from the inside. So we tempt them to remain all 

 night. Warblers cannot live without meat. 



People are often puzzled when they see the 

 warblers flying against the screens. We are 

 often asked, "What is the name of those little 

 birds that try so hard to get in the window every 

 morning? " 



Sometimes our cold spell lasts a long while, 

 and the flies are numb in their hiding-places. 

 Then warbler has his wits about him, and shows 

 you what a good hunter he is. There are loose 

 shingles on the roofs, and shrunken timbers 

 about the gables. Here is just where spiders, and 

 flies, and moths are hiding themselves, intending 



