March, - 190t. 



Junior-Naturalist Monthly. 



Issued by the College of Agriculture and Experiment Station of 

 Cornell University, under Chapter 430 of the Laws of 1899 



of the State of New York. 



Entered in the Post office at Ithaca, N. Y., as second class matter. 



VOL. III. CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, K Y. NO. 2. 



ROBIN ! 



The drifts along the fences are settling. The brooks are brim- 

 ming full. The open fields are bare. A warm knoll here and there 

 is tinged with green. A smell of earth is in the air. A shadow 

 darts through the apple tree : it is the robin ! 



Kobin ! Yon and I were lovers when yet mj years were few. 

 We roamed the fieUls and hills together. We explored the brook 

 that ran up into the great dark woods and away over the edge of the 

 world. We knew the old squirrel who lived in the maple tree. We 

 heard the first frog peep. We knew the minnows that lay under 

 the mossy log. AVe knew how the cowslips bloomed in the lushy 

 swale. We heard the first soft roll of thunder in the liquid April 

 sky. 



Robin ! The fields are yonder ! You are my better self. I 

 care not for the birds of paradise ; for whether here or there, I shall 

 listen for your carol in the apple tree. L. H. B. 



WELCOME THE BIRDS. 



" They'll come again to the apple tree — 

 Robin and all the rest, 

 When the orchard branches are fair to see 



In the snow of blossoms dressed. 

 And the prettiest thing in the world will be 

 The building of the nest," 

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