NOTES 



called ''The Boy of Winander." When looking at this, or some 

 cop3' of it, it is pleasant to remember the lines of Wordsworth's 

 poem: — 



There was a Boy; ye knew him well, ye cliffs 

 And islands of Winander! — many a time, 

 At evening, when the earliest stars began 

 To move along the edges of the hills, 

 Rising or setting, would he stand alone. 

 Beneath the trees, or by the glimmering lake; 

 And there, with fingers interwoven, both hands 

 Pressed closel}' palm to palm and to his mouth 

 l^plifted, he, as through an instrument, 

 Blew music hootings to the silent owls, 

 That they might answer him. 



Following are a few references to Screech Owls: — 



Handbook of Xature-Study (Comstock), pages 104-07. 



Some Common Game, Aquatic and Raq)acious Birds (McAtee and 

 Beal), pages 27-28. 



Our Backdoor Neighbors (Pellet), pages 63-74; ''The Neighborly 

 Screech Owls." 



My Pets (Saunders), pages 11-33. 



Birds in their Relation to Man (Weed and Dearborn), page 199. 



Educational Leaflet No. 11. (National Association of Audubon 

 Societies.) 



BOB, THE VAGABOND 



Dolichonyx oryzivorus, the Bobolink. 



Educational Leaflet No. 38. (National Association of Audubon 

 Societies.) 



The Bobolink Route 



Map's, showing the route of migrant bobolinks may be found in 



Bird Migration (Cooke), page 6; 



Our Greatest Travelers (Cooke), page 365. 



Other interesting accounts of bird-migrations may be found in 



Travels of Birds (Chapman). 



Bird Study Book (Pearson), chapter iv. 



History tells us when Columbus discovered Cuba and when Se- 

 bastian Cabot sailed up the Paraguay River; but when bobolinks 

 discovered that island, or first crossed that river, no man can ever 



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