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and coming near, pecked the crums which she held 

 to it from her hand, — remained all night, and was 

 ready in the morning for the same fare. When 

 she returned to open the door, he usually came 

 out with her, (unless in very had weather,) and flew 

 to the garden, and, as she repaired to the house, 

 poured forth a strain of grateful melody; and this 

 he did regularly almost every day during this very 

 severe winter. 



Of the Nest and Eggs. 



The nest is composed of bent, dead leaves, grass- 

 roots, and other fibrous substances, mixed with 

 moss, and lined with thistle-down, hair, and fea- 

 thers. The eggs, four or five in number, are of an 

 orange-coloured white, freckled, particularly at the 

 large end, with pale orange-red spots, inclining to 

 brown. 



To find the Nest. 



It is desirable to know how to look for the nest, 

 it being of consequence to get the birds young, 

 if we wish to tame, or teach them any pretty tricks. 

 When you see a redbreast, observe if it has any 

 thing in its bill: Do not frighten it, and it will soon 



