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THE TOWHEE BUNTINGS 
^‘No, let him alone, and I will some time 
make him sorry for his ill treatment of us.” 
So the Towhees, and Thrushes, and Black- 
birds, and Warblers, and Cat Birds, and Bobo- 
links, all hatched their young ones ; and, with 
the exception of the abuse from Bob, every 
thing in the neighborhood went on smoothly 
and satisfactorily. 
The nest of Bobolink was placed on the 
ground in a low part of the meadow, and that 
of the Blackbirds in a low bush in a higher 
locality. Bob’s wife hatched out four young 
ones, and was very successful in rearing them ; 
she had the best wishes of the neighbors, not- 
withstanding her husband was no favorite, 
and got along well with them, bringing up her 
children to the stage of pin feathers and wing- 
quills without any difficulty. 
At length, however, when the young Bobo- 
links were about half grown, a fearful accident 
happened, which, although giving the Towhees 
an opportunity to show that their magnanimity 
and charity were not the result of cowardice, 
but were genuine and heartfelt, terminated 
