BIRD STORIES 



Through all the lonesome icoods there is not one dove. 



Well, then, if we cannot find them at sunset in their 

 roosting-place in Kentucky or in their nests in Michigan 

 in May, shall we give up the quest for the lost doves? 

 Or shall we still keep hold of our courage and our hope 

 and try elsewhere? 



Surely, if there are any of these birds anywhere, they 

 must eat food! Shall we seek them at some feeding- 

 place? This might be everywhere in North America, 

 from the Atlantic Ocean as far west as the Great Plains. 

 That is, everywhere in all these miles where the things 



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