AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 95 



which had a kind of black berry, which is called shetal berry. The spar- 

 rows seem very fond of it, and I have seen as many as twenty of these 

 birds eating these berries. 



Some people say that they drive off other birds. I saw two mocking birds 

 and some sparrows eating the berries, and they were not quarreling. I have 

 also seen other birds such as snow birds, mocking birds, and chickadees, and 

 they seemed to be getting along very peacefully. 



I think there is too much blame put on this bird. 



Bonner Coffey, 



Bandera, Texas. 



VlLLANELLE The LaBk's SoNG. 



There is no song I love so well, 



Xo song that thrills with soulful grace 

 As this from out the blossomed dell ; 

 So sweet, so clear, it yields a spell 



Of bliss that time does not erase — 

 There is no song I love so well. 

 Xo notes like these doth ever swell 



To calm my wild and struggling pace, 

 As these from out the blossomed dell, 

 So heaven-like, it soon doth quell 



The aching throbs of sorrow's trace. 

 There is no song I love so well. 

 You've found no ditty to excel — 



Xo song that wins the smiling face 

 As this from out the blossomed dell; 

 Xo dearer sound has ever fell 



To bless me in some lonely place. 

 There is no song I love so well 



As this from out the blossomed dell. 



Benjamin Phillips, 



Seiad Valley, California. 



Migration Queries. 



1. What birds migrate? 



2. When does migration take place? 



3. Where do the migrants go? 

 4>. Why do they take these long journeys? 



5. How do they know the way? 



6. What changes take place in the plumage before migration, and why? 



