. Birds and nature . wanging ofa harp of a single string, and that a looseone. This absence of note richness is afeature that I have not observed, andnever have I heard a more musical chorusfrom1 bird throats as one after another ofthe many sorts and conditions awoke atsunrise. Many a time have I listenedwhile camping on a lone mountain-top, where our only canopy was the pinefretted blue heavens, and heard the richburst of song in which not a note lackedflavor; mocking birds, thrushes, orioles,wrens, finches, vireos, grosbeaks, robins(and their distinguishable note is likelyto make one homesic
. Birds and nature . wanging ofa harp of a single string, and that a looseone. This absence of note richness is afeature that I have not observed, andnever have I heard a more musical chorusfrom1 bird throats as one after another ofthe many sorts and conditions awoke atsunrise. Many a time have I listenedwhile camping on a lone mountain-top, where our only canopy was the pinefretted blue heavens, and heard the richburst of song in which not a note lackedflavor; mocking birds, thrushes, orioles,wrens, finches, vireos, grosbeaks, robins(and their distinguishable note is likelyto make one homesick) thrashers, bluebirds, tanagers, etc., all filling in thescore, as each was awakened and filled inthe line of song, to say nothing of whip-poor-wills, owls and other night singerswho have had their day. I feel sure ifDr. Abbott had given a little more timeto the study of bird song in this territoryhe would have had no cause to complainof or discredit the vocal powers of thesewestern songsters. Alberta A: Field. 128. THE AFRICAN LION. (Felis leo.) The African Lion, familiar to the gen-eral public as the sulky tenant of a barredcage, ranges with freer strides through-out the length and breadth of Africa, andeven extends through Persia into thenorthwestern part of India. Fossil re-mains show that at one time Felisleo inhabited the southern part ofEurope as well, but the king ofbeasts was evidently considered goodsport by primitive man, and he becameextinct in Europe except where, in theRoman amphitheatres, and in many ameaner cage since, he has roared for theedification of the populace. The literature of all nations is full ofallusions to the Lion ; to his bravery, hisgrandeur and his strength. The old As-syrian kings carved pictures of them-selves in bas relief hurling javelins intocrouching Lions, and many a sportsmanis to-day beating the thorn-thickets andtrailing bver the sandy plains of Africawith the same unreasoning enthusiasm,yet hoping, perhaps, in a vague way tohand do
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