returned to her queer charges and kept by them 



every day in an open shed. 



When they were too large to be covered the hen 



would sit in the middle of the litter with her 



wings extended. 



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(4) A Thrush's Larder. 



The dry summer of 1898 caused 



the Thrushes to search dilligently tor tneii fovor- 



ite summer food, suails. In a garden at nay- 



nards Heath, Susset, close to a potato bed and 



only two yards from the road, were stacked some 



faggots. These faggots gave shelter to any 



amount of snails until the birds found them and 



proceeded to hammer them upon a large stone to 



break then- shells. This done Mi: Snaii promptly 



disappeared and the thrushes felt pretty full. 



The shells were counted and weighed, there were 



upwards of 180, the weight bemg 17 ounces. 



Mr Harrington says that he often saw and heard 



these birds at work breaking up the ishelis but 



was never able to get a snap shot of them. 



George Innes, Iowa. 



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