. Our native birds of song and beauty, being a complete history of all the songbirds, flycatchers, hummingbirds, swifts, goatsuckers, woodpeckers, kingfishers, trogons, cuckoos, and parrots, of North America . and timid young over the wat^r-lily leaves! The con-spicuous nests of the muskrats were numerous on the edge of the lake, and theyformed quite a feature of the landscape especially in winter, when all the shrubsaround them were leafless. The Pied-billed Grebe, the Hooded Merganser, the WoodDuck, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Pintail, and other Ducks were breeding nnmolested atthat time, and
. Our native birds of song and beauty, being a complete history of all the songbirds, flycatchers, hummingbirds, swifts, goatsuckers, woodpeckers, kingfishers, trogons, cuckoos, and parrots, of North America . and timid young over the wat^r-lily leaves! The con-spicuous nests of the muskrats were numerous on the edge of the lake, and theyformed quite a feature of the landscape especially in winter, when all the shrubsaround them were leafless. The Pied-billed Grebe, the Hooded Merganser, the WoodDuck, Mallard, Blue-winged Teal, Pintail, and other Ducks were breeding nnmolested atthat time, and the lonesome, patient angler had always a good success, as fishes werevery plentiful The American Woodcock nested numerously in the moist woods. In thesloping beautiful woodland toward the edge of the lake the songs of the Veery, theRose-breasted Grosbeak, and the Scarlet Tanager were familiar to the rambler, and inthe evening the notes of the Whippoorwill lulled the hard working settlers into a soundslumber. Passenger Pigeons were seen in incalculable numbers, and some trees, especially See page Typba latifolia. ^ Sclrpus. » Spireea salidfoUa. * Iris versicolor, e Nympheea tuberosa. XXIX 1. 0. 1. 2. DOLICHONYX ORYZIVORUS Swains 6 &-9 3. XANTHOCEPHALUS XANTHOCEPHALUS Jordan. 4. AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS Swains. 5. STURNELLA MAGNA Swains. BOBOLINK. - Yellow-headed - Red-wmged Meadowtark. RED WINGED BLACKBIRD. 253 beeches, were filled with their nests, which nearly without exception contained only oneegg. How persuasive and sweet sounded their melodious, loud, and rather high song-likecall-notes through the forest when they arrived in their breeding haunts from their foragingtour! How suggestive of spring in all its beauty were these sounds, and what charmdid these notes and the drumming of the Ruffed Grouse lend to the glorious, almost un-touched forest! How do I long to hear these soun
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