MR. CHUPES AND MISS JENNY 



death to Chupes and Jenny, yet which, to 

 these visitors from Arctic regions, was 

 probably like the balmy summer days of the 

 grove to my pets. It was hard to realize 

 that they were all of the same order of be- 

 ings! 



The snow-buntings came several times, 

 attracted by t f he seeds in the field, and 

 Chupes and Jenny never lost an opportu- 

 nity of watching them; but after a while, 

 when the supply of food gave out, they de- 

 serted our neighborhood. I tried to keep 

 them by scattering seeds around the house, 

 but the wind tossed my contributions far 

 away and I soon gave up the attempt. 



These were the only feathered creatures 

 that my birds saw during the entire win- 

 ter. There were hosts of sparrows in the 

 neighborhood, but they preferred the com- 

 paratively thickly peopled village to the 

 bleak, exposed, though beautiful, quarter 



where we lived. 



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