. Bird lore . ggle up the rocky barnyard the impatient horses paw and whinny for their hay. A scuffle and a cackle in the hen-coop near at handGive token where the mother hen broods oer her fledgling band,And Spotty seeks the hay-mow, purring loudly in her there, in safety waiting her, three kittens do abide. The Robins and the Bluebirds call and answer all around. And the cheerful little peeptoads seem to crowd the air with sound,— And yet it is not noisy. Joyous peace is everywhere, And a consciousness of Heaven makes the twilight hour more fair. —Ruth R. Hayden. [This poem
. Bird lore . ggle up the rocky barnyard the impatient horses paw and whinny for their hay. A scuffle and a cackle in the hen-coop near at handGive token where the mother hen broods oer her fledgling band,And Spotty seeks the hay-mow, purring loudly in her there, in safety waiting her, three kittens do abide. The Robins and the Bluebirds call and answer all around. And the cheerful little peeptoads seem to crowd the air with sound,— And yet it is not noisy. Joyous peace is everywhere, And a consciousness of Heaven makes the twilight hour more fair. —Ruth R. Hayden. [This poem was written by a student in The Rhode Island State Normal School. Itis of unusual interest since the author, although blind, undertook the course in nature-study and succeeded so well that her instructor writes: I am tempted to say that onlythose are blind who wont see. I am convinced that the subject is most valuable forclasses in schools of the blind. See Bird-Lore, Vol. XIII, No. 6, p. 316.—A. H. W.]. FEMALE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, NEST AND YOUNGPhotographed by E. Jack (127) THE CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER By T. GILBERT PEARSON Cfje Ji^ational Hsijfocmtion of Mububon Societies; EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET NO. 85 Among the most charming birds in the world are the members of thatgroup classified as the family of Wood Warblers. There are about one hundredand fifty-five known species, and they are found in no other country butAmerica. Seventy-four kinds occur in North America, and fifty-five of thesehave been recorded in the United States. They are small birds, the majority measuring rather less than five and one-half inches from bill-tip to tail-tip. They are birds mainly of woods and thickets,a few only venturing into open country. The Warblers bill is longer than thatof most small birds, and is well adapted for seizing the soft-bodied insectsupon which it so largely preys. One of the most common members of the family in the Eastern States isthe Chestnut-sided Warbler. The general app
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