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Show Story of a Blind Sparrow. A woman ornithologist tolls of a sparrow that was born blind, without any apparent eyes: "It was found, evidontly fallon from a nest, and waa fed and put luto a greenhouse with a broken pane, through which tho parents par-ents could, If they would, visit It. Both old birds woro promptly on tho spot, fooulng It assiduously. It was missing ono day, but has returned to Its kind frlonds, who supplement tho parental feeding. It hops about and makes Us whereabouts apparent by tho ordinary llttlo "chirp, chirp" of young birds. It may bo Imagination that notices a plaintive ring In tho sound. In my long exporionco of ornithology orni-thology I have novor mot with a similar sim-ilar case." |