. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . tithe ofripe strawberries and me the fairest and best-kept garden in the worldwould seem but a barrenwilderness without suchglimpses of bird life,—the Blackbird and Thrush on thedcMy grass ; the Robin, Avith its bold and sprightly familiarity:the sober Flycatcher, performing its quiet but useful servicesthroushout the lono- summer dav : the burnished Swallow,on tireless wings, sweeping to and fro so unceasingly ; andthe lovely ^Martin, twittering happily in its mud nest underthe eaves. The presence so near our house
. Pictures of bird life : on woodland meadow, mountain and marsh . tithe ofripe strawberries and me the fairest and best-kept garden in the worldwould seem but a barrenwilderness without suchglimpses of bird life,—the Blackbird and Thrush on thedcMy grass ; the Robin, Avith its bold and sprightly familiarity:the sober Flycatcher, performing its quiet but useful servicesthroushout the lono- summer dav : the burnished Swallow,on tireless wings, sweeping to and fro so unceasingly ; andthe lovely ^Martin, twittering happily in its mud nest underthe eaves. The presence so near our houses of such gracefulvisitors as these ought to be looked upon as a privilege anda constant enjoyment, without taking any account of theundoubted good they do in dcAouring grubs and insects. Jhe Blackbird is, too, a most accomplished musician,and its mellow flutings are by some preferred to the songof the Thrush. By its constant vigilance, and its loud,rattling alarm-note, which gives warning to all withinhearing that danger is approaching, it merits the title of. Bird Life in a Suburban Parish 65 the sentinel of the Helds. Many a proinisiiio- hoth L>un and camera, has been banlked hy its timidityand nneeasino- ^ ioihmee. The Stoneehat is very scarce and h)cal. and I oidyremember seein*^ two or three about, and ha\e never yetsucceeded in finding a nest. In the next parish, however,of Edmonton, it is a common ])ird. Numbers mav be seen
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