. The bird; its form and function . ^ little Black-capped Chickadee, as henames himself, whose bravery shames us, whose trust-fulness warms our hearts! And the next time you raise your gun to needlesslytake a feathered life, think of the marvellous little en-gine which your lead will stifle forever; lower your weap-on and look into the clear bright eyes of the bird whosebody equals yours in physical perfection, and whose tinybrain can generate a sympathy, a love for its mate, w^hichin sincerity and unselfishness suffers little when comparedwith human Fig. 138.—Chickadee in the snow

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. The bird; its form and function . ^ little Black-capped Chickadee, as henames himself, whose bravery shames us, whose trust-fulness warms our hearts! And the next time you raise your gun to needlesslytake a feathered life, think of the marvellous little en-gine which your lead will stifle forever; lower your weap-on and look into the clear bright eyes of the bird whosebody equals yours in physical perfection, and whose tinybrain can generate a sympathy, a love for its mate, w^hichin sincerity and unselfishness suffers little when comparedwith human Fig. 138.—Chickadee in the snow.

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