THE CAMERA 



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THE PISTILLATE AMENTS (OR CONES) OF THE WHITE BIRCH. 



The White Birch Birds. smaller, had in a,) jearance the sugges- 



A light snow, a freezing rain, and a tion, perhaps, of a butterfly rather 



strong breeze. The snow crnst was than of a bird; the 'arger was conspic- 



alive with innnmerable little "birds," nons in its resemblance to a snow- 



evidentlv of two kinds. One. the bird. Pausing to examine them, I found 



THE SCALES WITHIN THESE CONES SUGGEST FLYING BIRDS. 



