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 the year, although ordinarily they are seen only in winter and early spring.

EVERY LITTLE WHILE A GOLDFINCH CAME TO THE "STORE" TREE AND GOT SOME STRING

The boy said it was the ravine, with its trees and thickets and tangles, that attracted so many birds. He was always praising that ravine. He thought so much of it that he had asked the neighbors not to throw rubbish down there, and not to disturb the underbrush, which shelters so many birds. He had also asked them please to keep their cats indoors at