BIRDS DO (JOOD. 



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fill singing birds, young ducklings, chickens, and 

 young partridges and pheasants, they also eat 



THE TREE CREEPER. 



large quantities of cockchafers, wire-worms, and 

 other insects; and now and then they destroy 

 field voles. 



THE THRUSH. 



It must not be forgotten that birds that at 

 times do a certain amount of harm by eating 

 fruit from the trees, and seeds out of the ground, 

 and grain out of the ear, invariably feed their 



