. Bird-land echoes; . llow their leaders, and if they come, thelong-spur comes also. This is true of the bird inNew Hampshire. Mr. Cram has only occasionallyseen it, and always in the snow-buntings have seldom seen snow-buntings to good advan-tage, which is not surprising considering how com-paratively few winters in each century they favorus with their abundant presence ; but once theyvictimized me by their rough-and-tumble was standing near a little clump of trees in thecorner of a large open field. The snow was verydeep, and I was watching with some interest thedead leave
. Bird-land echoes; . llow their leaders, and if they come, thelong-spur comes also. This is true of the bird inNew Hampshire. Mr. Cram has only occasionallyseen it, and always in the snow-buntings have seldom seen snow-buntings to good advan-tage, which is not surprising considering how com-paratively few winters in each century they favorus with their abundant presence ; but once theyvictimized me by their rough-and-tumble was standing near a little clump of trees in thecorner of a large open field. The snow was verydeep, and I was watching with some interest thedead leaves as the wind carried them along, tumblingand bumping over the thin crust that had formedduring the night. I was not a little surprised, a few The Inspiring Sparrows. 51 minutes later, to see these same dead leaves comeback in the same fashion, and I realized that deadleaves did not fly against the wind. I had beforeme, without knowing it, a large flock of snow-buntings. It is always a pleasant incident to meet with a.
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