MR. CHUPES AND MISS JENNY 



Know all birds by these presents that 

 this particular member of the genus homo is 

 worthy of complete trust, having learned, 

 through her peculiar advantages in associ- 

 ating with our kind, to conduct herself in a 

 quiet, reasonable, bird-like manner. We 

 heartily recommend her to the feathered 

 folk of the grove. 



In testimony whereof, we, the under- 

 signed, do hereby subscribe our names and 

 affix our seal. 



GALEOSCOPTES CAROLINENSIS. 



TURDUS MUSTELINUS. 



A couple of beautiful little indigo-birds 

 became quite at home with me, and al- 

 though they never followed me in my 

 strolls, they pursued their seed-hunting 

 quite fearlessly in my neighborhood. 



But one day a murderous missile came 

 flying over the fence, and in a moment a 

 mangled, lifeless little body lay at the feet 

 of one of the owners of the grove. We 



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