WHAT I HAVE DONE WITH BIRDS 



flies from a scratch ; why, sling-shots and the millinery trade are 

 innocent compared with them! They should be exterminated!" 



"I think so myself," I said, "but I suppose it is like Blue Jays 

 and Cat-birds, the lawmakers see no way to discriminate against 

 them." 



"Well, just you watch me give the law a little valuable assist- 

 ance," said Bob. "There won't be any Cow-birds in these parts 

 next season." 



I have watched with interest. Since that summer not a Cow- 

 bird flutters over Stanley's sleek herd. There are none at A spy's 

 adjoining, nor down the river far below Shimps', and Bob's birds 

 raise no foster nestlings. 



PAIR OF YOUNG COW-BIRDS 



