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The quail, which are ordinarily so fond of the open fields, 

 now seek the border of the woods, where I have startled them 

 in my walks afield. But here they fly through the woods to 

 the marginal underbrush, like the ruffed grouse, for better 



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Indigo Bird on her nest in dogwood bush. 



protection from the heat. In the orchard the waxwing fledg- 

 lings, in order to keep from perishing, are sitting bolt upright 

 far apart, like little wooden images on the edge of their nest. 

 Two young wood pewees in the beeches have similarly separated 

 to take positions on opposite margins of their nest, to avoid as 

 much as possible, not only the atmospheric heat, but that 

 emanating from their own bodies as well. 



