its cage just as soon as it could use
its Wings.

He nev-er found the finches’ Seek
but one day when he and Jill were
down in the marsh-y field by the
brook, they found a ver-y large nest
made of tufts of grass. There were
four eggs in it of a dull-white col-cr
marked with black.

While they were look-ing at it
they heard a sud-den whirr of wings
o-ver their heads. |

It was the moth-er bird, a large
black-and-white snipe. |

“Tt would be cru-el to take the

nest a-way,” said Jill. ©
—  «Ves,.” said Jack; “but we can
come down here once in a-while
and watch the young birds.”