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at night. He is never disturbed, and gets so 

 tame that he will hop on to the table at dinner 

 and help himself, and in spring will come back 

 and steal from the table for his family outside. 



The Wren, another favourite home bird, and 

 closely associated with the Robin in song and 

 story, is a wonderful musician. He has a clear, 

 mellow song, with a compass, considering the 

 size of the bird three and a-half inches in 

 length and weighing less than three drachms 

 that is something wonderful. We find the Wren 

 in all obscure corners and "hoddie" holes. 



" And thro' the winter gloomy hours 

 Sings cheerily : nor yet hath lost 

 His blitheness, chill'd by pinching frost. 



Sing, little bird ! Sing on, designed 

 A lesson for our anxious kind ; 

 That we, like thee, with heart's content 

 Enjoy the blessings God hath sent ; 

 His bounty trust, perform His will, 

 Nor ante-date uncertain ill ! " 



The Chaffinch or Shilfa is as common as the 

 sparrow with us. The Shilfa is a powerful 



