A BIRD STORY.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR: '] Sin,—Perhaps the following bird story may interest your readers. I am staying for a few weeks at Visegrad, on the Danube, near Budapest. We have made great friends with the birds in our garden, especially with a family of four great tits. In return for our kindness one of them has just played me a very amusing trick. I was this morning reading one of the large volumes of Robert Fruin's " Verspreide Geschriften." I laid the book on the table and went into the house to write letters. During my absence one of the tits attacked it, and bad seriously damaged two of the pages, when it was rescued by my wife. A few days ago I noticed that the little bird was pecking at the book, but never thought that its beak was strong enough to do serious damage.—I am, Sir, &c.,
EVELYN GRANT DUFF.
.British Consulate-General, Budapest. August 15th.
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