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THE BIRD-LIFE OF A YEAR. 



Certain Sparrows stay with us until tlie weeds 

 bearing the seeds on Avliich they feed are covered 

 by snow, Avhen they are compelled to retreat fur- 

 ther southward, returning, hoAvever, as soon as 

 March suns lay l)are the earth. 



Few birds' songs are heard in Xovenil)er. In 

 some sheltered, sun- warmed hollow. Song and AVhite- 

 throated Si)arrows may continue in voice, but the 

 characteristic bird-note of the month is the sweet, 

 minor '" scatter-call " of Bob- whites, who, after their 

 sudden flight from the sportsman, endeavor to find 

 one another by a questioning, whistled whtre-are- 

 you f v:)liere-are-you f 



BIRDS OF THE MOXTH. 

 Permanent Residents (see page 6). 

 Remaining Summer Residents (see page 10). 

 The following leave for the south, concluding the fall migra- 



tion : 



The character of the bird -life of December depends 

 largely upon the mildness or severity of the season. 

 Should the ponds and streams remain o]ien, the 



