. Nature study; birds . looked up when he chipped and sawthat he had a fat little worm in his beak. That looked in-teresting so I sat very, very still. The little fellow chippeda few minutes, watching me very closely, then came a lit-tle nearer and nearer, chipping less and less often; I almostheld my breath and hardly winked for fear of alarminghim; at last he fluttered down on the top of the stone notfour feet from ine. A chorus of baby bird voices greetedhim and he at once hopped down under the overhanging endof the stone; in a few moments, having satisfied the hun-ger of at least one of hi
. Nature study; birds . looked up when he chipped and sawthat he had a fat little worm in his beak. That looked in-teresting so I sat very, very still. The little fellow chippeda few minutes, watching me very closely, then came a lit-tle nearer and nearer, chipping less and less often; I almostheld my breath and hardly winked for fear of alarminghim; at last he fluttered down on the top of the stone notfour feet from ine. A chorus of baby bird voices greetedhim and he at once hopped down under the overhanging endof the stone; in a few moments, having satisfied the hun-ger of at least one of his children he flew away in searchof more dainties for the rest. I hurried to the spot and found his snug little home,containing three little, bright-eyed birdies,—well protectedfrom sun and rain by the rock overhead aiid almost con-cealed from view by a little clump of grass. I hurried back to my place and watched the old birdsfeed them for about an hour; they took turnjs, one of themcoming about every five minutes. V. 42
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