Other Hints for the Beginner 



the word ^^Towhee^^ in a whistle, and 

 you have it exactly. 



We find him handsome in appearance, 

 when we finally get a good glimpse. He 

 is a Httle smaller than the Robin; with 

 black head, throat, back, tail and wings; 

 the^ tail and wings, however, greatly 

 enriched by ghstening white feathers. 

 His shoulders and sides are brick-red, 

 while his breast is of pearl, and his eyes 

 of a brilliant ruby. He was in this hedge 

 last summer and has come to almost 

 exactly the same spot for another season. 



For this, also, is a trait many birds 

 have that will help you in finding and get- 

 ting acquainted with them. 



A Wood Warbler not much bigger than 

 your thumb will fly many miles from the 

 South during a night and arrive in the 

 early morning at the very haunt— on the 

 very limb perhaps— he picked for himself 

 the year before, and know it just as well 

 as the tired boy who has been out all 

 day knows his own home after dark. 



With this trait to count on, every wise 



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