Bird Life in a Suburban Parish 



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lor, ;iii(l coiiiparal i\ cK' (cu hiids arc lo he seen iiiilil llic 

 advciil ol' sprido'. 



'riicii. as soon as I lie first ( liiircliafr, l)ia\iiio \\\^■ cold 

 and hoislcroiis winds of Matrli, is licaid in I lie tree lo|>s, 

 Llicrc is Ilic ccrlainlv llial one wclfonic snninicr IVicnds will 

 soon })(• here, and lliat tlionsands of liny voyagers liaAc 

 aircadv slaitcd on tlicir I"M^ journey. IiCa\in^' Ixliind 





\(A.:.i. J jiiii;-,in,o ,J iiiilii . uui.n.it./. 



tlxni IIh- land of caclns. |>alni. and aloe. llic\' speed e\ei- 

 noitliwards, eiflier ar-ross I lie Straits of (lihraltar and 

 tlll•oll^^ll S|)aiii and I''ranee. or tlirf^ioli Italy lin Malta, 



I'lyin^ inoslly \i\ ni^lil, and recdinn hv da\', fliev pi-(,*ss 

 forward, o\ci- j^lain and sierra, \ incyunj and monntain. 

 Losin/4' niinibers in nets and traps, and pre\cd upon l>\' 

 Hawks and jMcdat.oi'y hcasts, at, last. Iea\in^; tlie hitter cold 



