. Birds & nature. Birds; Natural history. Red-eyed Vireo was now and then found. This Vireo is an incessant songster as it gleans among the upper branches of the trees. The Rose-breasted Grosbeak invari- ably nested in a clump of dense wild Crab-apple trees, partly overgrown with grape vines. Another inhabitant of the grove not easily overlooked, is the bold Kingbird, the guardian of the barnyard, its nest saddled on a rather sftrong moss-covered limb of another Oak. I could mention a number of other birds that build their nests near the dwellings of man, but space will not permit me to do
. Birds & nature. Birds; Natural history. Red-eyed Vireo was now and then found. This Vireo is an incessant songster as it gleans among the upper branches of the trees. The Rose-breasted Grosbeak invari- ably nested in a clump of dense wild Crab-apple trees, partly overgrown with grape vines. Another inhabitant of the grove not easily overlooked, is the bold Kingbird, the guardian of the barnyard, its nest saddled on a rather sftrong moss-covered limb of another Oak. I could mention a number of other birds that build their nests near the dwellings of man, but space will not permit me to do so. I will add, however, that if my readers would have about them these beautiful and useful birds, which are almost the best friends of mankind, don't allow Eng- lish Sparrows to come near your home, and you will soon find youself in the midst of the songsters. The incredible numbers of English Sparrows now found almost everywhere have driven our native birds away. —^JOS. F. HONECKER, Oak Forest, Ind. PRING is the morning of the year, And Summer is the noontide bright; The Autumn is the evening clear That comes before the Winter's night. And in the evening, everywhere Along the roadside, up and down, I see the golden torches flare Like lighted street-lamps in the town. I think the Butterfly and Bee, From distant meadows coming back, Are quite contented when they see These lamps along the homeward track. But tnose who stay too late get lost ; For when the darkness falls about, Down every lighted street the frost Will go and put the torches out! —Frank Dempster Sherman. 154. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Marble, Charles C; Higley, William Kerr, 1860-1908. Chicago, Nature study pub. co. [etc. ]
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