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Rural School Leaflet 



It is a wee, sad-colored thing, 



As shy and secret as a maid, 



That, ere in choir the robins sing. 



Pipes its own name like one afraid." 



JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL 



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The phcebe 



Phoebe. — Size : About that of a sparrow. 



General color: The general tone of the body is brown, grayish beneath, 

 the head being much darker. 



Distinctive features: It possesses no striking color characteristics. 

 There are no white bars across the wings, which distinguishes it from the 



