. The Audubon magazine . ighborhood, I shouldprobably have answered, Oh, robins and catbirdsand sparrows. Of course, I knew there were morethan those I have just named, but I never knew howmany more until I saw them through my operaglasses. Just see my record for the past month. Ihave italicized the names of those I never saw beforethis spring. April 6—Yellow-shafted flicker. April 14—Chippy, kinglet and a pair of juncos. April iS—Song sparrow, white-throateJ sparrowand a wood thrush. April 28—Robin building in the honeysuckle onour side porch. Saw the chimney swifts to-day, firsttime this yea
. The Audubon magazine . ighborhood, I shouldprobably have answered, Oh, robins and catbirdsand sparrows. Of course, I knew there were morethan those I have just named, but I never knew howmany more until I saw them through my operaglasses. Just see my record for the past month. Ihave italicized the names of those I never saw beforethis spring. April 6—Yellow-shafted flicker. April 14—Chippy, kinglet and a pair of juncos. April iS—Song sparrow, white-throateJ sparrowand a wood thrush. April 28—Robin building in the honeysuckle onour side porch. Saw the chimney swifts to-day, firsttime this year. May I—Pair of Baltimore orioles. May 2—Meadotvlark, black and white creeper,black-throated blue warbler and a chcwink. May 5—Chewinkor towhee, catbird (first time thisyear) brown thrush, belted kingfisher, Baltimoreoriole and a white-throated sparrow. .So you see I owe a great deal to Miss Merriam,for it was from her descriptions that I found out thenames of my feathered friends. E. B. B, Gkrmantown, THE AUDUBON MONUMENT. AH, noble Audubon, who lovd so wellThro Natures loveliest, loneliest woods totread,To paint with matchless brush and loving heart,The birds of song thro her dominions spread;To track with patient toil the forest glades,A wanderer lone in wildernesses oer Northern mount and Southern with thy task thro all the to us all is thy illustrious in our hearts we consecrate thy name! Mid solemn silence or the sylvan soundsOf woods primeval, thou didst love to rove,Noting all bird-life of those leafy shades,Rejoicing in their joys, their songs of birds that skimmd the empty fields of birds that thro the sombre forests flocks that oer the boundless prairies sea-fowl oer the salty lagoons spread, Were all familiar in each tone and hue. Each gorgeous plumage, each melodious note. Each hovering wing that oer your head would float;Sweet then the task the masters hand to
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