. Bird lore . owed and snapped, and hopped about, He wildly screamed, then looked no word came,His heart to cheer,From lady owl,That perched so near. The suitor thought her hearing dull, And for her felt quite by frantic efforts he Did try to woo her from her tree;Pray, loveliest owl,The forests pride,Descend and beMy beauteous bride. A wedding feast of mice well keep, When cats and gunners are asleep;Well sail like shadows cast at noon, Each night will be a this she answeredNot one breath ;But sat unmovedAnd still as death.(196) For Young Observers 197
. Bird lore . owed and snapped, and hopped about, He wildly screamed, then looked no word came,His heart to cheer,From lady owl,That perched so near. The suitor thought her hearing dull, And for her felt quite by frantic efforts he Did try to woo her from her tree;Pray, loveliest owl,The forests pride,Descend and beMy beauteous bride. A wedding feast of mice well keep, When cats and gunners are asleep;Well sail like shadows cast at noon, Each night will be a this she answeredNot one breath ;But sat unmovedAnd still as death.(196) For Young Observers 197 Said he, I guess that shes the kindThat people in museums find;Some taxidermist by his skill Has stuffed the bird, she sits so me ! that eyesOnce made to seeShould naughtBut ghostly specters be. At this she dropped her haughty head And cried, Im neither stuffed nor ! weird and melancholy owl, Thou rival of the wolfs dread howl;Since fate so planned,Ill not declineTo be for lifeYour SCREECH OWLPhotographed from life by A. L. Princehorn jBtote^ from Jfieifi anti Jstutip Wintering Robins and Cedar Waxwings. At Belmont, Massachusetts, adjoiningCambridge, where the venerable WaverleyOaks are within one of the public reserva-tions, a bewildering number of birds wasfound on January 7 and 8, 1902. Uponreaching the grounds a very unusual activityin the quiet bird-life of midwinter was at•once apparent. Many birds were flittingTrom bough to bough of the great oaks andthe shrubbery beneath. The subdued criesof Robins reached the ear, and presentlytheir coloration was seen. With them, butin closer groups, were Cedar , too, were numerous, and upon anearer approach many were seen to be infull beauty of plumage, the black the bill strong, the brown of theback rich in shade, the yellow on the underside of the body almost as bright as the tipsof the tail feathers, and the dots of scarletupon the wings clearly discernable. Theirpointed
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