. Birds and nature . ng throat and bosoms of wing of gold or green,Sapphire, crimson—gorgeous dyeLost or found across the the glory of the air;Birds who tenderer colors wear? What to us the free-birds of passion, breath of wrong;Wood-hearts orchestra, her life;Breath of love and breath of strife;Joys fantasies; anguish breath;Cries of doubt, and cries of death? Shall we care when nesting-timeBrings no birds from any clime;Not a voice or ruby wing,Not a single nest to swing Midst the reeds, or, higher up, Like a dainty fairy-cup; Not a single little
. Birds and nature . ng throat and bosoms of wing of gold or green,Sapphire, crimson—gorgeous dyeLost or found across the the glory of the air;Birds who tenderer colors wear? What to us the free-birds of passion, breath of wrong;Wood-hearts orchestra, her life;Breath of love and breath of strife;Joys fantasies; anguish breath;Cries of doubt, and cries of death? Shall we care when nesting-timeBrings no birds from any clime;Not a voice or ruby wing,Not a single nest to swing Midst the reeds, or, higher up, Like a dainty fairy-cup; Not a single little friend. All the way, as footsteps wend Here and there through every clime. Not a bird at any time? Does it matter? Do we careWhat the feathers women wearCost the world? Must all birds die?May they never, never flySafely through their native air?Slaughter meets them everywhere. Scorned be the hands that touch such spoil!Let women pity and recoilFrom trafific barbarous and grave,And quickly strive the birds to FROM COL F. NUS9BAUMER A MUMFORO, PUBLISHER. CMICACO. 321 AMERICAN BITTERN.!;i Life-size COPYRIGHT 1900, BYNATURE STUDY PUB. CO., CHICAOO. LITTLE GUESTS IN FEATHERS. NELLY HART WOODWORTH. A BROOKLYN naturalist who givesmuch time to bird-study toldme that as his rooms becameoverfull of birds he decided tothin them out before the approach ofwinter. Accordingly he selected twosong sparrows and turned one of themadrift, thinking to let the other go thenext morning. The little captive was ver} happyfor a few hours, flying about the wildgarden in the rear of the house—afew square rods where more than 400varieties of native plants were was not long, however, before ahomesick longing replaced the newhappiness and the bird returned to thecage which was left upon the piazzaroof. The next morning the second spar-row was given his freedom. Nothingwas seen of him for a week, when hecame to the window, beat his tiredwings against the pane, and sank downupon
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