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1. Woodpecker, 38. Creeper.
2. Wryneck. 4, Nuthatch.

OUR WILD BIRDS.

VI.

* HESE are six favourite birds, which you

must go out into the gardens and
fields to see, as none of them can bear
cage-life. One of the reasons for this
is that they all feed upon insects,
which, of course, cannot be supplied
to them in captivity. People have,

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without success; in fact, I have heard of 4 person
who, trying the experiment, said he would sooner rear
a baby single-handed than a cuckoo.

The merry little fellow looking out of his nest in
the hole of a tree, at the bottom of the picture, is the
Wrvneck. Just above him, clinging to the trunk, is
the Woodpecker. At his left, standing on the branch,
is our old friend the Cuckoo. Exactly over its head
is the Nuthatch; while highest of all is the Tree
Creeper; and as for pretty little Jenny Wren—you
must find her out for yourself !