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THE BIRD-LIFE OF A YEAK. 



3I1GRANTS. 



ArKiL. 



In earh^ April, the developiiients in the vegetable 

 world, which the most casual observer cannot fail to 

 see, are accompanied by corresponding, Init less no- 

 ticed, activities in the world of birds. The appear- 

 ance of the skunk cabbage, the blossoming of the 

 pussywillow and early Avild flowers soon become 

 common knowledge; but the arrival of the Yesper, 

 Field, and Chipping Sparrows; of Tree Swallows, 

 Myrtle Warblei-s, and Hermit Thrushes, is 

 known to comparatively few. Still, to the bird- 

 lover, the return of these feathered friends is of even 

 greater interest than the blooming of trees and plants. 



* Transient Visitant passing further north. 



