BIRDS OF FLORIDA. 



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FRUIT OF THE SPANISH-BAYONET. 



available by good 

 observers. A 

 Methodist cler- 

 gyman residing across the river, in the neighborhood of 

 Mrs, Harriet Beecher Stowe, informs me that a mock- 

 ing-bird saved his grapes. One bird will do compara- 

 tively little damage in a vineyard ; he is a light eater 



