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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



We greet the month of April, for her bounty of hopefulness and resources 

 invites us to come forth and enjoy the resurrection in Nature. The un- 

 folding buds of the trees, the rising flowers, and the atmosphere surcharged 

 with the music, from the many hosts in the pathways of the sky, and the glint 

 of the bright plumage is like heaven's kaleidescope. Those who live in the 

 country, and are aware of the delights attending a ramble in the orchard and 

 near the woods, watching the feathered guests, as they come to dwell in the 

 trees, gardens, and orchard, are favored with the gift of deriving pleasure 

 from the blessings of Nature. To one who is accustomed to the minute ob- 

 servation of Nature's Works, there are sources of happiness open to him, 

 for to a certain extent, the air of heaven, the earth, the flowers, the trees, the 

 birds, the insects, and the landscape are common property, and he can feast 

 his eyes on these beauties without cost. These free bounties bring renewed 

 hopes and makes life broader and fuller. 



Let the dwellers in the city pay a short visit to Nature in the country and 

 see the sublimity in the budding trees, the spectacles of flowers, and hear the 

 birds chanting in full chorus. To acquire the habit, and educating the 

 power of observation of enjoying the visible beauties around them, will lift 



Photo by R. 

 Young Shrike. 



H. Beebe. 



