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LETTERS TO MARCO 



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sycamore in front : I call this latter tree in- 

 teresting, for it is near the house and easily 

 seen from my bedroom window, and besides 

 having two starlings' nests in its bole it forms 

 a sort of rendezvous for all the birds in the 



The part of the Sycamore Tree seen from my bed. 



garden at all hours of the day. I have a good 

 binocular always at hand in my bedroom, by 

 means of which I obtain an insight into the 

 ways and doings of the birds on its branches ; 

 these observations can, in the early mornings 

 in summer, be carried on from my bed through 



