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done before? Those four italicized words contain the whole 

 difference between instinct and reason. The}- tell a story 

 which tome, is unique. Xotthat in I think instances of friendly 

 aid amongst birds to be unique On the contrary, I believe 

 there to be a good many such cases though we do not see 

 them, notably such as the dressing of wounds by snipe which 

 has been referred to once before, and of which I have 

 myself seen an example. There is no need to moralize on 

 the story. I does its own moralizing, but I shall be glad if its 

 re-telling in these pages helps to increase the sympathy which 

 ought to exist between man and all his feathered friends. 



