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piazza, they made their nest and raised another brood of 
birds. 
There is little danger of speaking extravagantly of 
the birds. Nothing in nature excels them in beauty of 
color, elegance of form and grace of motion. They add 
the greatest charm to the landscape, and fill the world 
with twitters of gladness and volumes of delicious song. 
No less are they, than we, God’s creatures. -A better 
appreciation of their virtues as well as of their uses, and 
a truer understanding of their capacity for enjoyment 
and suffering, will make us more considerate in our con- 
duct towards them, and more tender and humane in our 
treatment of them. 
