Song Birds and Water Fowl 

sequestered spot where one can quietly absorb 
the atmosphere that fills the scenery, enjoying 
only that which lies immediately in view, than 
in roaming restlessly about, hour after hour, in 
perpetual anxiety to catch a glimpse of every 
possible detail. Yet one who has only infre- 
quent opportunities of going where Nature 
dwells will hardly be persuaded to adopt the 
former course, however thoroughly convinced 
that quality of experience always outweighs 
quantity. 
Emerging from the delightful din that had 
accompanied all the morning’s walk, it was a 
striking contrast to watch a pair of large hawks 
that serenely ranged the spaces of the upper air, 
making the silence more acute that reigned 
outside the woods. My list of species found in 
a single visit comprised the wood thrush, Wil- 
son thrush, catbird, robin, golden-winged 
woodpecker, crow, blue jay, Baltimore oriole, 
chewink, water thrush, oven-bird, redstart, 
hooded warbler, Maryland yellow -throat, 
chestnut-sided warbler, blue-winged yellow 
warbler, black-and-white creeper, black- poll 
warbler, black-throated green warbler, black- 
throated blue warbler, Canada warbler, the 
white-eyed, the red-eyed, and the yellow- 
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