. Bird lore . The Lark By EDMUND J. SAWYER He little knew the modest Lark who said,Zfe sings inspired at high heavens gate: The bird to his own native soil is wed And sings because enraptured with his mate. Far more than sky, with sun or starry train, Green fields, or barren brown, to him are worth. He seeks no closer view of heavn to gain;He soars but for a better view of (213) The W^hip-poor-will By MELICENT ENO HUMASON, New Britain, Photographs by Leslie W. Lee ONE evening, just before dusk, as a friend and I were scrambling overa rocky wooded ledge, after a long days tram
. Bird lore . The Lark By EDMUND J. SAWYER He little knew the modest Lark who said,Zfe sings inspired at high heavens gate: The bird to his own native soil is wed And sings because enraptured with his mate. Far more than sky, with sun or starry train, Green fields, or barren brown, to him are worth. He seeks no closer view of heavn to gain;He soars but for a better view of (213) The W^hip-poor-will By MELICENT ENO HUMASON, New Britain, Photographs by Leslie W. Lee ONE evening, just before dusk, as a friend and I were scrambling overa rocky wooded ledge, after a long days tramp in the mountains,we were suddenly surprised by a low chuckling purr. Gazing throughthe dim light, at the spot whence came the sound, we saw a dusky shape quietlygHde into the trees, with the planing, sidelong swoop of a bat. Stealthily italighted on a limb almost directly above a hollow of dry chestnut-oak leavesin which lay two white spotted eggs. So here was the Whip-poor-will, in this lonely deserted place, on this highmountain ridge at the top o the world, with apparently no neighbors to intrude. We departed from the site as quickly and noiselessly as possible, leavingher to return in peace; then we rested on a lichen-mottled rock about 50 feetaway. It was truly dusk now. The lights in the little cottages of the valley belowglittered with friendly eyes; a wagon rattl
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