THE RICE BIRD. 



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SHOOTING EICE BIRDS. 



the savannahs of Ohio aiid Mi(lii2;an, and the cool grassy meadows of New 

 York, Canada, and New England, they fix their abode, and obtain a suf- 

 ficiency of food throughout the summer, without molesting the harvest of 

 the farmer, until the ripening of the latest crops of oats and barley, when 



