poets' minds; the appreciative descriptions and interpre- 

 tations; that through these word pictures we all may see 

 our common birds in beauty and in truth, 



"For, don't you mark? We're made so that we love 

 First when we see them painted, things we have passed 

 Perhaps a hundred times nor cared to see." 



This is just as true of the poet's word picture as it is 

 of the canvas of Fra Lippo Lippi, and the collector of these 

 bird pictures has rendered a service and met a need. 

 This book will arouse and create an interest in birds, it will 

 lighten the labor of all who attempt to lead others to appre- 

 ciate and love our wonderful bird hfe. It is a growth in 

 response to a need, and is pubhshed because of the con- 

 stant demand for copies. 



JOHN G. THOMPSON. 



State Normal School, 



Fitehburg, Massachusetts. 



January, 1905. 



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