JUNE 



IN a Mantle of dark Grass green, upon his Head a 

 garland of Bents, Kings-Cups, and Maiden-hair; 

 in his Left hand an Angle, with a box of Cantharides, 

 in his Right the Sign Cancer, and upon his arms a 

 Basket of seasonable Fruits. 



BIRD NOTES 



THOSE who sleep out through summer nights and 

 fail to sleep well know how musical they 

 Music of may be with bird-song. Some of the most 

 the Moon attractive bird-music is the least known, 

 the " music of the moon," whether the 

 sedge-bird's babbling by the moonlit stream in summer, 

 or the rush of wigeons' wings on a frosty winter's 

 night, and their beautiful " whee-ou " whistle. Thrush, 

 robin, and even blackbird will occasionally sing in the 

 midnight watch. Gilbert White amused himself by 

 grouping birds according to their songs; one list was 

 of night singers, but it includes only the nightingale, 



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