MR. CHUPES AND MISS JENNY 



for a share of their crumbs, and felt so at 

 home on our gallery that they one day 

 brought their whole brood to visit us. The 

 young birds were even more fearless than 

 their parents, crossing the threshold and 

 entering the house in their search for 

 dainties. 



This pleasant friendship continued as 

 long as we remained at the lake, and I fancy 

 that our migration and theirs occurred at 

 about the same date. 



Chupes, you will remember, through his 

 visits to the grove, had early become ac- 

 quainted with creatures of his own kind, 

 but it was only during the first mild days of 

 the spring following her coming to us that 

 Jenny learned the meaning of out-doors or 

 gained any idea of wild-bird life. I shall 

 never forget the awe with which the little 

 creature contemplated the immensity of the 

 scene, as she stood for the first time, mo- 

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