I can show you, too, little girl, that a Sparrow's feet are a great deal more like yours than you think.

Come, Rap! Tell me what you see about this bird's feet." "Why, they are the ends of its legs, and there is a long slim part beyond the feathers, hard and horny like the beak, and at the end of this are four toes, three in front and one behind, and they've all sharp claws on their ends." "Very well said, my boy! Now I will show you that such feet as the Sparrow has are as much like Dodo's as a Sparrow's beak is like her mouth.

Begin with the claws--" [Illustration: FIG.1.

Insect-eating bill of Robin; 2.

Seed-crushing bill of a Sparrow; 3.