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the outer web of the two tail feathers on each side, and all the 
lower parts of the body, are white. The female is more sober in 
her attire, being greyish brown above, and brownish white 
beneath. 
Here I close my humble account of a few of our Spring and 
Summer Visitors, whose natural music fills our meadows, hedge- 
rows, groves, and woods with their bright merry songs, charming 
the ear, and thus rendering doubly delightful, scenes on which the 
eye gazes with rapture, and which lead the well ordered mind to 
the heartfelt worship of the Almighty Creator whose wisdom is 
so wondrously displayed in the works of His hand. We seldom 
consider how much the face of nature is enlivened and made 
cheerful by the songs and varied movements of the birds about 
which I have just spoken ; and to the lover of natural scenery, the 
number and variety of its birds ought to render still more dear his 
native and beloved county. If any remarks that I have made 
to-night may be the means of inducing any to study in the wide 
field of nature, my end will have been fully accomplished. 
