St Nicholas [serial] . AUNT PATTY IS HERSELF AGAIN. footpath, from the door to the gate, with his handsbehind him, and to think over the heads of his nextsermon. On the whole, it was funnier when the cats 394 SOMETHING ABOUT BIRDS. [April became people than when the people became cats;they were so surprised and shocked to find where• they were and what they were doing. Now, you just think, some night as you aredropping off to sleep, how the folks you know, one after another, would look turning to cats, an<what they would fall to doing. And the next thing, if you dont believe my storever hap
St Nicholas [serial] . AUNT PATTY IS HERSELF AGAIN. footpath, from the door to the gate, with his handsbehind him, and to think over the heads of his nextsermon. On the whole, it was funnier when the cats 394 SOMETHING ABOUT BIRDS. [April became people than when the people became cats;they were so surprised and shocked to find where• they were and what they were doing. Now, you just think, some night as you aredropping off to sleep, how the folks you know, one after another, would look turning to cats, an<what they would fall to doing. And the next thing, if you dont believe my storever happened, you will be believing some stornot a bit more true. SOMETHING ABOUT BIRDS. [First Paper.] By W. K. Brooks. THIS morning, the 9th of March, as I was ar-ranging the papers, upon my table, my attentionwas caught by the notes of the first bluebird of theseason. You all know what a welcome sound this. THE BLUEBIRD. is, and how anxiously we look forward, as springdraws nearer, to the time when our song-birds shallreturn from their long winter journey to the migrations of birds, their departure in the fallto a milder region, and their return in spring assoon as the weather has grown warm enough tomake our northern latitudes suitable, are some ofthe most wonderful facts in their history, and I hopethat a few words upon this subject will form an in-teresting introduction to what I have to say aboutBirds. Winter Birds. - Those of us who spend our winters in the cityare apt to think that all our wild birds desert usduring the cold weather, for the only birds whichare found in our parks and gardens at this time arethe domesticated pigeons and sparrows. In thecountry, however, many birds are to be met withduring the whole winter, and some of them, suchas the hawks, seem to be more abundant at thistime than at any other ; but this, probably, is owingto the fact that the bare branc
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