. Birds in their haunts, by the late C. A. Johns . there are many birds of any sort whichcan resist a walnut; and I would recommend any one who is hospit-ably disposed towards the birds which frequent his garden, tostrew the ground with fragments of these nuts. To birds whoare exclusively vegetarians, if indeed there be any such indigenousto Britain, they are a natural article of diet, and as from theiroily nature they approximate to animal matter, they are mostacceptable to insectivorous birds. They have an advantage overalmost every other kind of food thus exposed, that they are notliable to
. Birds in their haunts, by the late C. A. Johns . there are many birds of any sort whichcan resist a walnut; and I would recommend any one who is hospit-ably disposed towards the birds which frequent his garden, tostrew the ground with fragments of these nuts. To birds whoare exclusively vegetarians, if indeed there be any such indigenousto Britain, they are a natural article of diet, and as from theiroily nature they approximate to animal matter, they are mostacceptable to insectivorous birds. They have an advantage overalmost every other kind of food thus exposed, that they are notliable to be appropriated as scraps of meat and bread are, by prowl-ing cats and dogs. A walnut, suspended from the bough of a treeby a string, will soon attract the notice of some inquisitive Tit, and,when once detected, will not fail to receive the visits of all birdsof the same family which frequent the neighbourhood. A moreamusing pendulum can scarcely be devised. To ensure the successof the experiment, a small portion of the shell should be
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