BERKELEY IN MAY. 



OW happy are the birds in 

 the glad month of May ! 

 EI ere in Berkeley on the 

 slope of the hills the sun 

 is warm and full of the cheer of sum- 

 mer; and the birds are in the midst of 

 their courtship and nesting. What a 

 plastering of mud nests there is among 

 the swallows ! what a search for eligible 

 sites for homes among the merry wrens 

 and the blithesome linnets! what a 

 fashioning of dainty little nests by 

 the humming-birds ! The bush-tit has 

 swung her marvelous purse of lichens 

 among the live-oaks, and the goldfinch 

 has tucked her soft little basket in an 

 apple bough. All are happy and busy 

 with the promise of the spring. 



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