. Bird lore . PHOEBES NEST OVER THE FRONTDOOR OF A DWELLING, SHOWING ADAP-TABILITY. 270 Bird-Lore a power within which said I can. But the forests became settlements, thestreams became power, and, in due time, there were factories to make his clothesand markets to supply his food. In this way, marching inland, he first adaptedhimself to nature and nature, in turn, yielded to him. The redskin disappearedfor the white had come to stay. When the Indian roamed the paths of his forest he came upon signs of deerand bear, and beheld vast flocks of pigeons. When the white man roams. i &- PHCEBE AT ITS
. Bird lore . PHOEBES NEST OVER THE FRONTDOOR OF A DWELLING, SHOWING ADAP-TABILITY. 270 Bird-Lore a power within which said I can. But the forests became settlements, thestreams became power, and, in due time, there were factories to make his clothesand markets to supply his food. In this way, marching inland, he first adaptedhimself to nature and nature, in turn, yielded to him. The redskin disappearedfor the white had come to stay. When the Indian roamed the paths of his forest he came upon signs of deerand bear, and beheld vast flocks of pigeons. When the white man roams. i &- PHCEBE AT ITS NEST ON THE CLIFF the streets of his city, he comes upon signs of horses and automobiles, andbeholds vast flocks of English Sparrows. As the red man gave way before thewhite, so did his game and birds. Even now as the metropolis absorbs thecountry, the birds of the open give way to those of the city; streets replaceroads and Sparrows replace Larks; parks replace woods and Robins replaceVeerys. But during these great changes, a few birds have been able to adapt them-selves. As forests of chimneys arose in place of the forests of hollow trees, Phoebe vs. Catbird 271 the Swifts did not yield, but plastered their nests to sooty bricks instead ofto crumbling wood; Night-hawks found level gravel beds on the roofs of tallbuildings, and the Martins, Wrens and Bluebirds found nesting-holes in eavesand gutters. Thus one might multiply examples until he recognized twogroups of birds: the one which is able to adapt itself to changing conditions,the other which succumbs to t
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