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Many birds stay with us through the winter, but the 

 majority migrate to us in the spring and leave us again 

 in the autumn. 



The " Dishwasher " is a general favourite on account 

 of its particularly neat and dainty appearance. Watch 

 them as they run along the ground, turning their heads 

 this way and that, and every now and then darting a 



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few feet from the ground after some passing insect. 

 How quickly they move their little legs, and how 

 daintily they flirt their graceful tails ! They may often 

 be seen running on the slates of some roof, or on fresh- 

 cut lawns, busied in this way in their search for food ; 

 but their favourite haunts are in the neighbourhood of 

 water, by the banks of rivers and lakes, where they 



