. Bird-lore . cultivated valleys between them, and, not far away,fields and orchards. Through these pleasantly^ ^ J^^^ ^S^ ^^^HM varied surroundings, on the r ^^ij^^H^^^^ni^^^U^^BiM morning of June 16, 1900, we wandered, visiting oldacquaintances as well assearching for new ones. Itwas not to be expected thata passing tour of observationand investigation shouldyield results of unusual interest or scientific value, and 1 have nothingmore important to record than the mere joy of seeing and discoveringobjects which never fail to excite a bird-lovers enthusiasm; with theadded satisfaction of being
. Bird-lore . cultivated valleys between them, and, not far away,fields and orchards. Through these pleasantly^ ^ J^^^ ^S^ ^^^HM varied surroundings, on the r ^^ij^^H^^^^ni^^^U^^BiM morning of June 16, 1900, we wandered, visiting oldacquaintances as well assearching for new ones. Itwas not to be expected thata passing tour of observationand investigation shouldyield results of unusual interest or scientific value, and 1 have nothingmore important to record than the mere joy of seeing and discoveringobjects which never fail to excite a bird-lovers enthusiasm; with theadded satisfaction of beingable, in some instances, topicture far more graphicall\than could be done with penalone, the scenes from bird-life which are here difference betweencasual and continuous obser-vation is elocjuently illustratedby our comparative knowledgeof the first bird we visited —the Ph(fbe of whom writes in the pre-ceding pages. To me she wasinteresting simply as a Phci-be tKhniNc vounc. HUMMER .XBOLT TO FEED VOLNG
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