. Bird-lore . NIGHTH.^WK FEIGNING LAMENESS. ON The Birds of a Marsh BY VERDI BURTCH SF:PARATED from the foot of Keuka Lake, N. Y., by a strip ofland about three hundred feet wide, and bordering on its outlet, isa marsh of about fifty acres in area. At some time in the remotepast this marsh was a forest, as is attested by the numerous stumps thatremain to this day, some of which are upwards of three feet in diameter. Ten or twelve years ago the water in the marsh was three or fourfeet deep, but, owing to a period of extended drought, it has been steadilvreceding into the outlet
. Bird-lore . NIGHTH.^WK FEIGNING LAMENESS. ON The Birds of a Marsh BY VERDI BURTCH SF:PARATED from the foot of Keuka Lake, N. Y., by a strip ofland about three hundred feet wide, and bordering on its outlet, isa marsh of about fifty acres in area. At some time in the remotepast this marsh was a forest, as is attested by the numerous stumps thatremain to this day, some of which are upwards of three feet in diameter. Ten or twelve years ago the water in the marsh was three or fourfeet deep, but, owing to a period of extended drought, it has been steadilvreceding into the outlet, carrying with it the soft mud, water-soakedsticks and various sorts of debris. This obstructed navigation to such anextent that the state built a great fence, or breakwater, between theoutlet and the marsh, making of the latter a shallow, mud-bottomedpond, the shores covered with cattails, coarse grass and weeds, a patch ofalders and willows in one corner, a fringe of trees on one side, and thestate fence, beside which are cattails and r
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