. Pastoral days; or, Memories of a New England year. Natural history. SPRING. 41 horse-hair bed, and in their midst the insinuated specimen of the cheeky cow-blackbird: there were eggs of every shape and hue, and we knew too well where to put our hand on them. In a flowering hawthorn outside our window we watched a loving pair building their pensile nest among the thorns and blossoms. How incessant was their solicitude for that fragile framework until its strength. *n~ was fully assured against the tossing breeze ! â â >% ',, Tenderly and eagerly they helped each other in the "fC"
. Pastoral days; or, Memories of a New England year. Natural history. SPRING. 41 horse-hair bed, and in their midst the insinuated specimen of the cheeky cow-blackbird: there were eggs of every shape and hue, and we knew too well where to put our hand on them. In a flowering hawthorn outside our window we watched a loving pair building their pensile nest among the thorns and blossoms. How incessant was their solicitude for that fragile framework until its strength. *n~ was fully assured against the tossing breeze ! â â >% ',, Tenderly and eagerly they helped each other in the "fC""â¢J^i''^<^.- - disposition of those ravellines of string and ⢠. *\w* sl * strips of bark! he stopping every now and 'A- then to whisper sweetly to his mate, as she, -^ with drooping, trembling wings, put up her little open bill to kiss. Yes, we often saw this little tender episode, as we watched them through the shutters of the half- closed blinds! Now he flies away; and the little spouse, thus left alone, jumps into the nest, and we see its mossy meshes swell as she fits the deep hollow to her feathery breast. Presently her consort returns, trail- ing along a gossamer of cobweb, which he throws around the supporting thorn, and leaves for her to spread and tuck among the crevices 6 Again. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Gibson, W. Hamilton (William Hamilton), 1850-1896. New York, Harper & Brothers
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