A GAY LITTLE GAEDEXBR. 



In 'New Guinea there is a bird which not only builds a house, 

 but has a garden too. He is known by the name of the garden^ 

 bird. 



This is a strange habit for a bird, is it not? Perhaps our little 

 ones would be pleased to see how the bird house and garden look. 

 If so, here is a picture of them. 



When he is going to build, the garden bird first looks for a level 

 spot of ground which has a shrub in the centre. Then he covers 

 the bottom of the stem of this shrub with a heap of moss. AVhy 

 he does this I cannot tell you. Xo doubt he thinks it looks fine. 



Next he brings some long twigs from other plants. These he 

 sticks into the ground, so that they lean against his shrub. On 

 one side he leaves a place open for a door. The twigs keep on 

 growing, so that his little cabin is like a bower. 



Last of all, in front of the door, this^ dainty bird makes a pretty 

 lawn of moss. He carefully picks out every pebble and bit of 



