30 INSESSORES. 
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INSESSORES: PASSERES— OSCINES. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE BOBOLINK BY ‘‘ WASHINGTON IRVING’-~ 
COW-BIRD—RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD—BALTIMORE ORIOLR 
—BULLOCK’S ORIOLE—ORCHARD ORIOLE—MEADOW LARK 
—RAVEN. 
THERE are comparatively few persons who are 
aware of the pleasure that is to be derived from a 
morning ramble in the woods, for the purpose of ob- 
serving the habits of the countless feathered beings 
which abound on every hand. There is a real enjoy- 
ment in watching their incessant activity, the beauty 
and singular ease of their motions; to trace the gaudy 
colors in which some are clothed, and the plainer 
though no less pleasing tints of others; to examine 
the beautiful and delicate structure of their nest; 
and, above all, to listen to the sweet and mellow ca- 
dences of their many-toned voices. A few hours 
thus spent can hardly have any other than a happy 
effect. There is one thing which cannot fail to strike 
us as a prominent feature among Birds, that is, va- 
riety — not only in their plumage and song, but in 
their habits: a variety which ends only with the spe- 
cies, each seeming to possess a distinct character of 
its own. 
Passing from the Finches we come to the Black- 
