peculiarities of flight that make it pos- 

 sible to tell birds merely by their motion. 



The boy who drives cows to pasture 

 at dawn, and goes for them again at 

 twilight, is always learning something 

 new if he keeps his eyes wide open. 



Little brown birds are frequently flash- 

 ing out of the grass by the path, telling 

 you where their nests are, and the pasture- 

 land is the favourite resort of chewink, 

 and the queer cowbird, who is too lazy 

 to build a nest of its own, and so lays its 

 eggs in its cousin's nest, and expects 

 them to hatch and bring up her young. 

 I am told by one who knows all about 

 birds, that the outraged tohee bunting 

 always hatches a new brood, after he has 

 brought up the first brood with the 

 orphan cowbird. 



Another sight that fills the young mind 

 with wonder is the steady strong sweep 



