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where the birds are made welcome. This is truly a good 

 testimonial for our favourite songsters, and makes us 

 doubly glad to see the orange bill darting in and out 

 among the grass-blades, as the sooty bird hops freely to 

 and fro. It is ever a pleasant sight to see the speckled 

 breast of the thrush as he raises his head to take a good 

 look at us in the window, and then hops on to secure 

 his own meal. If the blackbirds and thrushes sing to 

 us and keep our lawns in order, we surely cannot have 

 the face to grumble at their depredations amongst the 

 fruit another year. 



