. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Baltimore oriole " My oriole, my glance of summer fire, Is come at last, and ever on the watch. Twitches the pack-thread I had lightly wound About the bough to help his housekeeping,—? Twitches and scouts by turns, blessing his luck, Yet fearing me who laid it in his way. Nor, more than wiser we in our affairs. Divines the providence that hides
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Baltimore oriole " My oriole, my glance of summer fire, Is come at last, and ever on the watch. Twitches the pack-thread I had lightly wound About the bough to help his housekeeping,—? Twitches and scouts by turns, blessing his luck, Yet fearing me who laid it in his way. Nor, more than wiser we in our affairs. Divines the providence that hides and helps. Heave, ho! heave, ho! he whistles as the twine Slackens its hold; once more, now: and a flash Lightens across the sunlight to the elm Where his mate dangles at her cup of felt.'^ JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Peacock.— Size: Larger than the domestic hen, the tail much longer than the rest of the body. General color: Prevailing colors iridescent blues and greens. Broad ends of tail feathers with conspicuous spots margined with gold. Black-and-white warbler.— Size: Smaller than a sparrow. General color: Streaked all over with black and white except on the under parts. A decided white streak on the top of the head. Neltje Blanchan says: "Nine times out of ten this active little warbler is mistaken for the downy woodpecker, not because of his coloring alone, but also on account of his common habit of running up and down the trunks of trees and on the under side of branches, looking for insects, on which all the warblers subsist. But presently the true warbler character- istic of restless flitting about shows itself. A woodpecker would go over a tree with pains- taking, systematic care, while the black-and-white warbler, no less intent upon securing its food, hurries off from tree to tree, wherever the most promising menu is ; " His fine strain reminds me of hair-wire. It is unquestionably the finest bird-song to be heard. Few insect strains will comp
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