. Birds through the year . dern naturalist. Inher dying moments, wrote Mr. Gosse, she was attended by those wildcreatures, who had long been accus-tomed to her presence. When Itook farewell of her, two squirrelswere gambolling and struggling onthe toilet-table, and a robin wasseated on the edge of her cup. Herlast conscious moments were glad-dened by the sound of the cuckoocalling from the height of the greattulip - tree opposite her bedroomwindow, and awakening one moreflash in her sympathetic eyes. Shelaid great stress on winter feeding,which gave her great insight intothe habits and traits
. Birds through the year . dern naturalist. Inher dying moments, wrote Mr. Gosse, she was attended by those wildcreatures, who had long been accus-tomed to her presence. When Itook farewell of her, two squirrelswere gambolling and struggling onthe toilet-table, and a robin wasseated on the edge of her cup. Herlast conscious moments were glad-dened by the sound of the cuckoocalling from the height of the greattulip - tree opposite her bedroomwindow, and awakening one moreflash in her sympathetic eyes. Shelaid great stress on winter feeding,which gave her great insight intothe habits and traits of otherwise shy birds, as then, to alesser extent, and at all times, a large collection of birdswere to be seen in front of the windows, in size rangingfrom a pheasant to the tiny tits; even the fussy water birdswere enticed on to the lawn and under the tulip-tree. If the birds are hungry and you have food, all theconditions precedent to a common understanding existand will exert a compelling influence. There is virtue in. BLUE-TITS 296 AUTUMN AND WINTER elaborating a little the simple art of feeding the hungry,though the dietetic science as taught by some of theprofessors has a touch of absurdity in it. However, it is tobe confessed that some very astonishing results have beenachieved in Germany by the scientific baron who has devotedhimself to the work of encouraging birds to breed and feedand have their being in his garden and park and baron is a sort of latter-day Winterton; and howeverformal his methods, they are not without hints for us inEngland, whether we have a two-thousand acre park, like thewonderful sanctuary at Woburn, or a rectangular rod, pole orperch close to London or other town—indeed within thecity pale. No one could more profitably follow his examplethan the public authorities who attend to the parks and thelive things in them. The baron has made a speciality of feeding apparatus andnesting apparatus, for birds will come first to those placeswh
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