. 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 . iansummer, and who does not welcome them back as dear friends when they return to usagain from their winter quarters in the sunnier South? Who has not enjoyed thefamiliar song of our beautiful Bluebird or the first whistle of our Robin, when in earlyMarch they come once more to tell us that winter must go and .spring is coming?Who has not learned to love the plainly colored little Hairbi
. 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 . iansummer, and who does not welcome them back as dear friends when they return to usagain from their winter quarters in the sunnier South? Who has not enjoyed thefamiliar song of our beautiful Bluebird or the first whistle of our Robin, when in earlyMarch they come once more to tell us that winter must go and .spring is coming?Who has not learned to love the plainly colored little Hairbird, or Chippy, the modestand yet so attractive Snowbird and the admirable Song Sparrow, as they pick up thecrumbs at our feet? Or who has failed to admire the bright-colored Baltimore Oriole,as it weaves its purse-shaped hanging nest high over-head in the boughs of a beautifulwide-spreading elm, so safe from snakes and prowling cats? What can be moredelightful than our shady northern woods carpeted with fragrant trailing arbutus,checkerberry, wake-robins {Trillium), twin-flowers, partridge-ben-y, blood-root, terres-trial orchids, bellworts, ferns and club-mosses, and enlivened by a host of Warblers Vs GALEOSCOPTES CAROLINENSIS Cab. KATZENVOGEL. Catbird. CATBIRD. 53 Vireos, Titmice, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Chewinks and showy Scarlet Tanagers! Orwhat can be more charming than the song of our Thrasher! Have you ever listened tothe tinkling melodies of a number of Bobolinks flying over the grassy meadows adornedwith bright-colored wild lilies? Have you ever enjoyed a fine June evening in the woods,when the air was filled with the fragrance of flowering shrubs, when the sounds of theWhippoorwill fall upon your ear? Who will not admit that Nature is full to overflow-ing with the most delightful poetry? Of all the feathered visitors who return to us in spring and make their homeamong our ornamental shrubbery, the Catbird is my especial favorite. It is an oldacquaintance made in
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