April 30—One of the questions which comes most frequently to those of us who are supposed to be versed in bird lore is "Why do birds frequent our gardens?" Or, to put it the other way round, "Would not birds be much better off, out in the country, instead of hanging round houses where cats and human enemies abound?" The answer to all such queries is of considerable interest, and might well fill a book: it includes, in fact, the history of all living things since man first Li and lived beneath a roof. It is easy to say that men, liking th sight and sound of birds, provide them wit
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