. Birds and nature . h the gladness of summer, Pouring his soul into song,Soaring on high through the pathless sky With a pinion free and strong; Slight is the frame that enfolds it, This breath of the infinite Life,This pulse-beat thats part of an infinite heart Of Love behind all strife. Cruel? or careless? What matter? A flutter of wings in pain,Seeking the shade where a nest was made. And the bright-winged joy is slain. Man may exult in dominion, Playing his mightier , surely, dower of regal power Demands a royal heart. For still the Father heeds the sparrows fall. His l
. Birds and nature . h the gladness of summer, Pouring his soul into song,Soaring on high through the pathless sky With a pinion free and strong; Slight is the frame that enfolds it, This breath of the infinite Life,This pulse-beat thats part of an infinite heart Of Love behind all strife. Cruel? or careless? What matter? A flutter of wings in pain,Seeking the shade where a nest was made. And the bright-winged joy is slain. Man may exult in dominion, Playing his mightier , surely, dower of regal power Demands a royal heart. For still the Father heeds the sparrows fall. His love must be with bird and tree,His life is in them all. The Master of the vineyard. The Teacher, day by day,Found lilies fair and birds of airall His way. Befriending And in His hour of anguish And mortal sorrow dim,Beneath the shade the olives made The angels came to Him. Through Natures sweet revealings Perhaps to us, some we have eyes grown tender-wise. The angels will come oiu^ way. —Alice M. Dowd. 198. FROM COL. F. C. BAKER. 67 OR SNAKK BIRD. (.Alihiii;;;! aiihiii).;;! 1. A Lifo-sizo. nnPVRIGHT 1900, THE ANHINGA OR SNAKEBIRD. {Anhinga anhinga.) The Anhinga belongs to a very smallfamily of birds called the Darters, whichincludes but four species, all inhabitingtropical and sub-tropical countries. Onespecies inhabits Africa, another southernAsia, the third Australia and the fourth,which we illustrate, is a native of theAmericas. Its range extends from South-ern Illinois and South Carolina south-ward into South America. It is a con-stant resident in the states bordering theGulf of Mexico where it frequents thenumerous and extensive swamps. The habits of the four species arepractically the same, all frequenting thebanks of streams, lakes and may associate with their fellows,forming large flocks, or they may beseen in pairs or as single are seldom seen except in localitieswhich are well wooded. Unfrequentedislands which are cove
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