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forest and stream. 
DO ANIMALS COUNT? 
,mo studied Sir J. Lubbock’s interesting- 
X remembered a fact observed by me 
, though it is not conclusive, seems worth 
3 ning. I was amused some years ago to 
e the feeding of the young in a sparrow- 
near an upper window of my house. The 
arrow alighted upon the small veranda of 
arrow-house with four living cankerworms 
beak. 1 hen the four young ones put out 
leads, with the customary noise, and were 
ch with a caterpillar. 1 he sparrow went 
iu returned after a while again with four 
cankerworms in his beak, which were dis- 
of in the same manner. I was so inter- 
and pleased with the process that I 
d it for some time and during the follow- 
ys. 
ct whitfh I have not seen noticed here in 
tensive sparrow literature is that for a 
r of years sparrows begin to build nests 
grass and hay at the top of the high 
I He first I saw were large irregular balls 
on the tripod of twigs. The entrance was 
inner side near the lower end of the balls, 
.ar, I observed another form of the nests 
ng rope formed of dry grass, as thick as 
s wrist and as long as the forearm, is 
d only with the upper end to strong 
es at the top of high trees. The rope’s 
is a rather large ovoid shape with the 
: e to the inside near the end. Of such 
saw last winter about a dozen on the 
lere in Main street, near the college 
s. and similar ones in Putnam avenue and 
streets. A long pole near my house 
y covered by a vine (Celastrus scandens) 
a nes t for three years, used every year, 
e sparrow-houses around my lodging the 
vs stay throughout the winter; common- 
male and three females in every house, 
pnng the superfluous females are turned 
• ature. 
ARCADIAN BLISS. 
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me that owns forty acres of land in the 
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>, five good ’coon dogs, a sorrel team 
es, a good shotgun, forty-seven miles 
railroad, and right on a good stream of 
i that would not be happiness “unal- 
we would like to know where you would 
nd it.—Auxvasse (Mo.) Review. 
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