. Birds and nature . , they all fly back totheir covert, pushing directly into thethickest part of it. A moment elapses,when they become reassured, and ascend-ing to the highest branches and twigsopen a little concert, which, although ofshort duration, is extremely sweet. Thereis much plaintive softness in their note,which I wish, kind reader, I could de-scribe to you; but this is impossible, al-though it is yet ringing in my ears, as ifI were in those very fields where I haveso often listened to it with delight. Nosooner is their music over than they re-turn to the field, and thus continue al
. Birds and nature . , they all fly back totheir covert, pushing directly into thethickest part of it. A moment elapses,when they become reassured, and ascend-ing to the highest branches and twigsopen a little concert, which, although ofshort duration, is extremely sweet. Thereis much plaintive softness in their note,which I wish, kind reader, I could de-scribe to you; but this is impossible, al-though it is yet ringing in my ears, as ifI were in those very fields where I haveso often listened to it with delight. Nosooner is their music over than they re-turn to the field, and thus continue alter-nately sallying forth and retreating dur-ing the greater part of the day. At theapproach of night they utter a sharpernote, consisting of a single twit, repeatedin a smart succession by the whole group,and continuing until the first hooting ofsome owl frightens them into , often during fine nights I have heardthe little creatures emit, here and there,a twit, as if to assure each other that allswell. 62. FROM CHI. ACAO. SCIESCES. 42 WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. (Zonotriohia albicollis). About Life-size. COPYRIGHT 1S0I, BY A. W. MUMFORO, CHICAGO. The nest, too, is a neat creation ofsmall roots, coarse grass, bark and mossand lined with a bedding of fine grassand moss. It is usually placed on theground in fields or open woods, whereit is protected by the taller , however, low bushes or thelower branches of trees are selected. So careful is the White-Throat in theconstructing of its nest not to disturbthe surrounding vegetation, and so neu-tral is the color of the material used,that one may hunt for a long time with-out finding it unless he luckily stumblesupon it. A PLANT THAT MELTS ICE. To say that a plant can melt ice is toassert a miracle seemingly too great foreven Natures powers to compass, but atraveler lately returned from the Alpshas witnessed this wonderful phenome-non, while Grant Allen and other author-ities confirm the fact that the Alp
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