A 3fII)SU3£MER EXCURSION 



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THE MEADOWLARK 



Meadowlark. 



" In early ]March the Meadowlark comes to the places 

 that he Avas obliged to leave in the winter, and cries, 

 ' Spring o' the year ! Spring o' the y-e-a-r ! ' to the 

 brown fields and icy brooks. They hear the call and 

 immediately begin to stir themselves. 



"Then the Meadowlark l)egins to earn his living, and 

 pay his taxes at the same time, by searching the fields 

 and pastures first for weed seeds and then, as the 

 ground softens, for the various grubs and beetles that 



