. Bird-lore . spoil th^ rest of many ofthe birds within hearing. In the South Carolina cold snap, foxes did more ofthe killing than other animals and I am trying to be fair to them when I statethat the average destruction by each one in that neighborhood must haveembraced at least twenty insectivorous and song-birds during the first night,—a startling number indeed! Nor were these buried for future use; they weregenerally crunched, dropped to one side and simply left in the snow,—sadblots in the almost unbroken whiteness. In the North, it is much the same. The mice, rats and other legitimatefo
. Bird-lore . spoil th^ rest of many ofthe birds within hearing. In the South Carolina cold snap, foxes did more ofthe killing than other animals and I am trying to be fair to them when I statethat the average destruction by each one in that neighborhood must haveembraced at least twenty insectivorous and song-birds during the first night,—a startling number indeed! Nor were these buried for future use; they weregenerally crunched, dropped to one side and simply left in the snow,—sadblots in the almost unbroken whiteness. In the North, it is much the same. The mice, rats and other legitimatefood remain under the snow-crust, so that the birds and rabbits are often theonly remaining food for foxes, weasels, etc., at a time when the former are leastfit to protect themselves. The tracks in the snow show many a thrilling stalkand escape—and many a tragedy. How much would we know of the happen-ings of night, that mysterious time, without this wonderful record written inthe winter woods and fields?. A SINGING SWAMP SPARROWPhotographed by Arthur A. Allen at Ithaca, N. Y.
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