A Book on Birds 



bird-lover will soon have a locality for 

 many a species, and govern himself accord- 

 ingly in his expeditions. 



After getting the Towhee to repeat him- 

 self a half dozen times by imitating his call, 

 we walk on to a point where another fence, 

 even more deeply hedged about, meets the 

 first at right angles on our left. Jumping 

 over, we explore this too, finding Song 

 Sparrows, Chipping Sparrows and Field 

 Sparrows, with a Sparrow-hawk sailing 

 around overhead, with a sharp eye on them, 

 no doubt, for other food is scarce as yet; 

 and then we cross a broad field, still going 

 westward, to a thick patch of second- 

 growth timber about fifteen feet high 

 (with a few old oaks still standing amongst 

 it) which hes on the other side. 



We pass a score of Meadow Larks and 

 Robins on the way, and in the timber 

 find Blackbirds and Crows galore. The 

 young trees stand close together, and 

 the brown, leafy mold under foot is 

 brightly carpeted with the rue anemone, 

 blood-root and spring beauty, all in 



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