THE BEAUTY OF WINTER DAYS 



GREAT TITS 

 FEEDING ON 

 COCOANUT 



The bird on the right which was feed- 

 ing first, has his mouth wide open hissing 

 at the arrival of the other. These quarrel- 

 some habits belong to winter days and 

 disappear with the approach of spring. 



WHEN the magic work of spring has begun, one 

 often hears the remark made, 'The country is begin- 

 ning to look nice now!' Some people are very benevo- 

 lent, and the way they patronise Nature and commend 

 her efforts is very kind. Poor old Dame Nature ! She 

 is too old to blush, but she is so kind that she must 

 be sorrowful. 



How often have we seen a town, even on a spring 

 or summer day, when we have had but one desire- 

 to get out of it but I have never looked upon the 

 countryside even on the worst of winter days and not 

 seen much of w r onder and of beautv. 



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