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place of insect pests. A little later he appeared 

 in the lawn trees, still engaged in his favorite 

 work. He seemed to know right where the grubs 

 and flies harbored, and surely his method of se- 

 curing them could not be excelled. I noticed 

 that his winter suit was not only a perfect fit, but 

 it was made of a material that sparkled in the 

 sunlight in a most attractive way. This species 

 is the largest of all that stop with us during the 

 winter. I have a notion that he does some mi- 

 gratory work as the year passes. I miss them for 

 a time during the cold season, and also for a time 

 in the fall of the year. As they have nothing 

 really to keep them in any one place, why should 

 they not take ajourney ? In fact, everything fa- 

 vors it. Their larder is as extensive as the entire 

 country, and it is always open to their feasting. 

 Their roads are highways never blocked, and 

 their trolley system furnishes a rapid, cheap and 

 comparatively safe method of transportation. 

 Equipped as they are, one can easily entertain 

 the notion that journeying is their forte. At any 

 rate, the jolly workers are "hale fellows well 

 met" with the parson. 



A downy woodpecker someway has become 

 possessed with the idea that he should visit the 



