. Bird-lore . ty thata number of them would restupon her arms, hands and three pictures in this issueof Bird-Lore indicate what was the habit of these birds in the spring of1899. In the spring of 1901 some of the same birds returned to theirfriend, their identity being established by a blind eye in one and a mis-shapen leg in another. Such general friendliness toward human beings on ~ ^ j the part of this particular species of ( bird is no doubt due to the fact thatit lives, for the most part, so farfrom human habitations, and does notknow our stone - throwing and shot-gun attitude tow
. Bird-lore . ty thata number of them would restupon her arms, hands and three pictures in this issueof Bird-Lore indicate what was the habit of these birds in the spring of1899. In the spring of 1901 some of the same birds returned to theirfriend, their identity being established by a blind eye in one and a mis-shapen leg in another. Such general friendliness toward human beings on ~ ^ j the part of this particular species of ( bird is no doubt due to the fact thatit lives, for the most part, so farfrom human habitations, and does notknow our stone - throwing and shot-gun attitude toward the angels ofbeauty and song which our birds areto the world. The Western Evening Grosbeaknests far off in the solitudes of theCoast Range and Cascade Mountainsin these Pacific states, and visits theconfines of human society for only ashort time once in two years. Onlytwo or three nests of the species haveever been found, although, within ayear, Mr. A. W. Anthony, of orni-thological fame, and three or four. The Western Evening Grosbeak II other persons, have discovered what seem to be some of the Grosbeaksummer homes in the Cascade and Coast Range Mountains. What these birds, unafraid, do in their famihar relations with humanbeings is at the same time a sad revelation of our wrong attitude towardbird-life in general a:id a beautiful realization, in a small way, of theprophetic words of the poet Shelley, — No l()ii;^fi- now the winged liahitants. That in tlie woods tlieir sweet lives sing from tlie form of man; but gather preen their sunny feathers on the hands\Vhich little cliildren stretch in friendly sportIoward these dread less partners of their pln\ . H:ippiiie^sAnd science dawn, rhongh late, lUKjn the earth.
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