. St. Nicholas [serial]. % HOW THE JUNCO SHAKES HIS TREE. Some day when the snow has whitened thehills and valleys, climb to one of those uplandcorn-fields which the tree-sparrows and juncosfrequent. Here and there from the snow pro-trude brown stems of last years weeds, and in. THE JUNCO, OR SNOW-BIRD. spite of winds that have whis-tled around them during thegusty days their seeds stillcling to them. While westand, there comes a flock ofjuncos and tree-sparrows flit-ting across the field. Break-fast-time, they twitter. But see! thesnow lies spotless, not a seed upon on yonder stalks
. St. Nicholas [serial]. % HOW THE JUNCO SHAKES HIS TREE. Some day when the snow has whitened thehills and valleys, climb to one of those uplandcorn-fields which the tree-sparrows and juncosfrequent. Here and there from the snow pro-trude brown stems of last years weeds, and in. THE JUNCO, OR SNOW-BIRD. spite of winds that have whis-tled around them during thegusty days their seeds stillcling to them. While westand, there comes a flock ofjuncos and tree-sparrows flit-ting across the field. Break-fast-time, they twitter. But see! thesnow lies spotless, not a seed upon on yonder stalks are the only onesin sight; but they hang from branches tooslender to bear a juncos weight. There isno wind blowing to spread the feast uponthe snow. What is to be done ? Watchthat junco over there at the foot of one ofthe stems. He gives a jump and has landedupon the stem about four inches above theground. See how his weight bends it overand how the seeds shake! Look! there„ come some fluttering to the ground. Why,he has actually shaken them down as we wouldcherries ! And now the whole flock collectsaround him to share his meal. The feast over,this simple operation will be repeated, perhapson the same stalk, more likely on one a shortdistance away. And again and again
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