THE ROBINS GO A-TRAVELLING 



which he received his injury; at any rate, 

 precautions are taken through which a 

 summer bird is never in danger of being 

 launched in mid-winter, while a wounded 

 winter visitor is made as comfortable as 

 possible through trying summer seasons. 



Nestlings requiring, as they do, frequent 

 feeding from early in the morning until 

 bed-time cannot be banished to the green- 

 house. They must be under constant sur- 

 veillance; but the grapery makes a fine play- 

 ground for them when they have acquired 

 a certain measure of independence, and is, 

 as a rule, the establishment from which they 

 graduate, unless, like Chupes and Jenny, 

 they will not go free at all. 



Our winters, although even in their 

 tenor, were always full of interest; but of 

 course all out-door incident was lacking, 

 from the birds' standpoint that is, except 

 such as we viewed through closed windows. 

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