74 BIRD'S NESTS. 



She had not far to go, for, every day, crumbs 

 of bread and scraps of meat were scattered in 

 the path, which seldom stayed there long. 

 The chaffinches, however, were not the only 

 birds who came for these. A pair of robins 

 were constant visitors, and so was a cole- 

 tit. The robins were pronounced to be very 

 quarrelsome birds, because even when they 

 had had as much as they wanted, they often 

 drove away any other birds which came 

 down for a share. The tit was a very funny 

 fellow; he was particularly fond of picking 

 a bone, standing on it in all possible attitudes, 

 jerking about and twisting his head from side 

 to side, picking at little bits of gristle, and 

 poking his short beak into holes in the oddest 

 manner that can be conceived. 



None of them ever seemed to get wet, anc 

 Henry supposed that they kept moving about, 

 and fluttered with their wings, to shake off the 

 drops ; but he fancied that the chaffinch, who 

 sat all day without moving, must be very wet 



