. Fowls of the air [microform]. Birds; Game and game birds; Oiseaux; Gibier. amazingly sweet that it could only be a Christmas message, yet so out of place that the listener stood doubting whether his ears were playing him false, wondering whether the music or the landscape would not sud- denly vanish as an unreal thing. The song was continuous — a soft melodious warble, full of sweetness and suggestion; but sug- gestion of June meadows and a summer sun- rise, rather than of "^now-packed evergreens and Christmastide. To add to the unreality, no ear could tell where the song came from; its
. Fowls of the air [microform]. Birds; Game and game birds; Oiseaux; Gibier. amazingly sweet that it could only be a Christmas message, yet so out of place that the listener stood doubting whether his ears were playing him false, wondering whether the music or the landscape would not sud- denly vanish as an unreal thing. The song was continuous — a soft melodious warble, full of sweetness and suggestion; but sug- gestion of June meadows and a summer sun- rise, rather than of "^now-packed evergreens and Christmastide. To add to the unreality, no ear could tell where the song came from; its own mufifled quality disguised the source perfectly. I searched the trees in front; there was no bird there. I looked behind; there was no place for a bird to sing. I remembered the redstart, how he calls some- times from among the rocks, and refuses to show himself, and runs and hides when you look for him, I searched the wall; but not a bird track marked the snow. All the while the wonderful carol went on, now in the air, now close beside me, growing more and more bewildering as I listened. It took me a good half-hour to locate the sound; then I under-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Long, William J. (William Joseph), 1866 or 7-1952. Toronto : Copp, Clark
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