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Show lie Rescues Baby Birds WAYWARD olTspring of the world-famous mission swallows of San Juan Capistrano tCalif.) are the objects' of Father Arthur J Hutch-Inson's Hutch-Inson's mercy. Faced with the problem of fledglings that fall from their nests in the mission ruins and become injured, the Padre enlisted the Help of Mrs. Reyes Yorba. guide, and formed a tiny "hospital" on a shelf near the mission gate. Here the kindly bird doctors maintain a routine as rigid as that of any well-organized infirmary. Several times a day the little feathered feath-ered patients are fed hamburger from the tip of Mrs. Yorba's linger. This is washed down wilh water from an eyedroppcr. Wounded legs and wings ore carefully massaged at regular intervals. As a result, the fledglings never fly with their parents to seek food, but stay in the mission gardens, where they are protected from harm. r " i A v The little fellow at the right is milling his feathers in joyous anticipation of Hie tasty morsel he Is about to receive. : rcrhaps the friendliness of j Father Hutchinson (left) is what brings the swallows back by the I t.ho'usands, on the same day, ' March 19, of every year. X-' ; " ', ' J 1 ; r- -., ' , . A i llru t.s n l);iliy sw.illow Inking n think uf wnlrr fnun an uvc dii'i'in-r, |