. Some bird friends [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. SOME BIRD FRIENDS 13 is almost as curious as liic squirrel. When any out' slops lo ohMrvt- it, lillle is (lone lo indicate that the intruder is noticed, luit liie bird hides in the thicket or behind a popping out now and then to observe, but always seeming to be searchinu lor food. Kven in the far off solitudes there is scnulinies excitinnnt, One day as I was passing alonji; a woodland palh. I heard a cry of distress coming from some birds. I ran in (he direction of the roi-e. and soon discovered a snake that had seized a sounK wren andwas
. Some bird friends [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. SOME BIRD FRIENDS 13 is almost as curious as liic squirrel. When any out' slops lo ohMrvt- it, lillle is (lone lo indicate that the intruder is noticed, luit liie bird hides in the thicket or behind a popping out now and then to observe, but always seeming to be searchinu lor food. Kven in the far off solitudes there is scnulinies excitinnnt, One day as I was passing alonji; a woodland palh. I heard a cry of distress coming from some birds. I ran in (he direction of the roi-e. and soon discovered a snake that had seized a sounK wren andwasiryinu to swallow it. The parents were ulterinji the cries as they Hew down at the reptile, but with no effect. I made a da^h for it. but ihe crackling of bushes startled the snake and it let .uo ihi' bird and es- caped. Its victim was rescued too late, for it died almost immedi- ately. Those who do not know the western winter wren should make its acquaintance. It may be found an\ where in the coast region, in the valleys and on the hillsides. ICven in the far north its voice is often heard hundreds of miles from the habitations of men. She lustji ^ong Sparrnui The Rusty son^^ sparrow is darker in jilumaKe, and more of an artist than the VVhile Crown. Its ; is more continuous and more melodious than that of its cousin. It differs from the S'(!oty viricly only in that its plumaue is not (|uite so dark. During' the winter this bird comes south to the n^ion of the forty- ninth parallel, where it remains, unless the weather becomes unus- ually cold. It is more sec- retive and timid than the White Crown, and usually prefers tf) live at a short distance from human hab- itations. At times, how- ever, when food becomes scarce, it is seen in our garden, glidinK away as we approach, never far, but hiding often in the smallest bush until dan- ger is past. In taking the photo- graph of the bird on the nest seen in the accom- panying illustration, I set up the camera on the tri
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