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among interesting and well-known neighbours and acquaintance ; 

 and, in the notes of every songster, recognise with satisfaction the 

 voice of an old friend and companion. A study thus tending to mul- 

 tiply our enjoyments at so cheap a rate, and to lead us, by such 

 pleasing gradations, to the contemplation and worship of the Great 

 L'auxe, the Father and Preserver of all, can neither be idle nor 

 ss, but is worthy of rational beings, and doubtless agreeable to 

 the Deity." 



ZOOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA. 



CLASS AVES. 

 LAND BIRDS. 



Lewis and Clark's expedition, vol. ii, p. 133. 



