Berkeley in May. 



office of parent is the all-engrossing 

 subject of interest. The males are per- 

 sistent suitorsj and I have often seen two 

 of them paying assiduous attention to the 

 same female, singing and displaying their 

 charms of plumage, while the indifferent 

 object of their rivalry would fly about 

 from tree to tree in a vain attempt to 

 escape. The coquetry of linnet nature 

 would ultimately soften in favor of one 

 of her admirers, however, and the 

 defeated one would fly ofl^, nothing 

 daunted, to display his gallantry in 

 more promising fields. Thus do we 

 see the drama of life enacted upon the 

 mimic stage of the bird world. 



Down through the canons which fur- 

 row the side of the Berkeley hills wend 

 clear, silver streams of mountain water, 

 hurrying on their way to the sea. Let 

 us take our way during the heat of the 

 noon from the grassy hillside into the 

 cool shade of one of these retreats, 

 beside the babbling stream that is mak- 

 ing perpetual music in the springtime. 

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