62 NATURE STUDY . 



mer and the -wearing away of the cliff goes on. It contin- 

 ues irregularly, for in some places the rock is more easily 

 disintegrated than in others. Little bays, narrow inlets, 

 capes and cliffs are the result. 



One of these last is Bald Head Cliff, situated about half 

 way from York Beach to Ogunquit, Maine. The lace of 

 the cliff as shown in the frontispiece is the side of a dike 

 of igneous rock that is less easily eroded than the surround- 

 ing slate and sandstone. The dike is about fifteen feet 

 thick and rises seventy-five feet above the water. On the 

 other side the stratified rock is not worn away so much al- 

 though it is somewhat lower than the dike. Here are seen 

 the forces of the ocean in all their might. Here one can 

 sit and never tire of the ceaseless pounding of the waves 

 and the never-ending flow of the tides. The cliff, the spray, 

 the clouds, the sky and perchance a gull, make a picture 

 that delights the eye. The waves make music for the .soul. 

 Here is a bit of grandeur that is worth a journey to see. 

 If it were farther away it would be more noted. 



How a Bird Dresses. 



A recent writer thus discourses on birds and their toilet : 

 As bird fashions do not change, the lady birds of to-day 

 wear the same kind of dresses their grandmothers wore 

 and are never troubled about styles. 



Two suits a year are quite enough for most birds, but 

 they need to take great care of them. Each separate 

 feather must be cleansed and looked over and the useless 

 ones pulled out. 



You have seen a canary preening his feathers by lifting 

 them and smoothing them out with his bill, and j^ou may 

 have thought him vain to do this so often. But necessity, 

 and not vanity, is the caiise of his frequent dressings. If 

 you neglect to comb your hair it will become tangled and 



