OUR BIRDS IN WINTER. 
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may all meet again before another year’s 
seasons have passed over our heads. I know 
I shall see you, Wrens and Pine Pinches, 
during the summer, for we shall probably nest 
in the same neighborhood, and as for you, 
Chick-a-dees, why, if we don’t see each other 
before next winter, we shall then, and will 
be all the more glad at the meeting. Good- 
by, then, all of you, and take care of your- 
selves.” So saying, lie flew away in a north- 
erly direction, the other birds wishing him a 
pleasant journey, and good luck,” until he was 
out of hearing. As it was now about noon, 
the party, in the best of humor at knowing 
that the birds were appreciated and liked by 
some of the humans, separated into little 
groups and wandered about the swamp and 
adjacent woods, leaving the Woodcocks by 
themselves. They, like other folks similarly 
situated, found enough to talk about, if of 
nothing else than the many virtues and good 
qualities of the dear departed; ” and before 
they were aware, they were joined by the 
Chicks and Wrens, who were on their way to 
their roosting-places in the cedars, for it was 
