. Bird-lore . the Warbler in the tree-top warbles to his silent mate Till the opera-glasses catch him and the field-key gets him straight, Its a cinch to classify him by the speckles on his tail, But the female of the species is more puzzlin than the male. When the Bob-o-link goes bobblin, oer the meadows, lush and green,Een the dullest cant mistake him, if hes heard, or if hes seen;But his sober-sided mistress bothers students on her trail,For the female of the species is more puzzhn than the male. When the Tanager flits flaming through the woodlands tangled tops,Every dolt-head marks his pas
. Bird-lore . the Warbler in the tree-top warbles to his silent mate Till the opera-glasses catch him and the field-key gets him straight, Its a cinch to classify him by the speckles on his tail, But the female of the species is more puzzlin than the male. When the Bob-o-link goes bobblin, oer the meadows, lush and green,Een the dullest cant mistake him, if hes heard, or if hes seen;But his sober-sided mistress bothers students on her trail,For the female of the species is more puzzhn than the male. When the Tanager flits flaming through the woodlands tangled tops,Every dolt-head marks his passing, and can name him ere he stops;But his mate glides by unheeded, goes unknown oer hiU and the female of the species is more puzzhn than the male. As with Oriole and Redstart, Bob-o-link and useful hen, So it is with bigger bipeds—even so it is with men. Though her plumage is more brilliant, yet the truth will stiU prevail That the female of the species is more puzzhn than the male. The Sharp-Tailed Grouse in Manitoba By JOHN WOODCOCK. Bethany, ;i |.hol,,«| by 11r- THE Shar])-tailed Grouse, or Prairie Chicken, as it is usually called inManitoba, is one of the commonest of our winter birds. While drivingalong by the snow-covered stubble fields, broken at frecjuent intervalsby small bluflfs of willow or poplar, one can usually count on seeing severalflocks of these interesting and handsome birds, either busily scratching forgrain around the straw-stacks, or feeding upon the fruit of the rose or snow-berry bushes. Although they are among the wildest of birds during the latterpart of the shooting season, in the winter, one may, if he is driving, pass withinthirty or forty yards of a flock without disturbing a single individual. In a winter like the past, with only a few inches of snow, the Grouse canfind plenty of food in the fields without coming near the buildings. But in asevere season like the winter of 1910-11, when the snow
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