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A GAT LITTLE GARDENER. 



straw. Then upon this lawn he scatters pui'ple berries and phik 

 flowers. As often as the flowers wilt he takes them away, and 

 brings fresh ones. 



J^ow, this is quite a large house and garden for a bird. The 

 little cabin is sometimes three feet wide, and half as high. There 

 is plenty of room in it for two or three families, if need be; and 



the garden is larger than the house. So busy and tasteful a bird 

 as the garden-bird ought to be a good example to idle children. 

 The people of IS'ew Guinea think so much of him that they never 

 molest his little dwelling. 



You may like to know how this bird gardener is dressed. In 

 modest colors, you may be sure. The top of his head, his back, 

 his wings, and tail are olive-brown, and beneath he is greenish-red. 

 He is about as large as a thrush or blackbird. 



