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Title: Birds and nature
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Birds Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : A.W. Mumford, Publisher
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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very quietly asshe stopped to give Tiger an assuring pat on the head and a word of praise forhis goor behavior, for she believed heunderstood the neighbors unkind re-mark. Tiger is a good cat and Ill trust himany time with Dick, said his mistress,turning away from him to attend to herduties. A prolonged Oh! like a stifledscream came from the neighbors lipsthe next minute for Tiger had sprung atDick and held him tightly in his crueljaws. See Tige! See Tige! exclaimed thevisitor. But Dick never fluttered a bit andMrs. Rogers patted Tiger again as shecaught sight of a vanishing stranger catdisappearing through an open window. Brave old Tiger! Good little Dickie!said their mistress, as she took the bird,unharmed, from Tigers teeth, which hadheld the bird safely away from real dan-ger. Dick flew back to his open cage. Tigerwent back to his nap in the sunshine,and the lady visitor learned the lessonthat love works wonders in even thecreatures that do not speak as we do.Mary Catherine Judd.
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THE POCKET RATS. Rats and mice seem to enjoy living inlocalities that are frequented by but fewother animals. They are also adepts atseeking- food supplies and travel long dis-tances when hunger demands and a sup-ply of food is not at hand. The PocketRats are nO exception to this rule andsome of the species live in dry, arid re-gions where but little vegetation grows,aside from a few species of cactus. Therat of our illustration was found by Mr.Frank M. Woodruff in such a locality,where it had hidden under the shelteringbranches of a cactus. The marked characteristic that givesthese little animals their name is thepockets or cheek pouches. These areexternal openings outside of the mouthand are lined with a furry skin. Theyare ample in size and the tw^o will hold,in some instances, a heaping tablespoon-ful of grain. The filling is done so rap-idly that, where a hard grain like wheatis used, a continuous rattling sound ismade. The ejecting of the grain fromthe pockets is aided by a forw

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