How to Attract the Birds 



groves with its enchanting melody, or thrushes peal 

 their silvery bell-like notes through northern woods. 

 For beggar or king the humble little field-sparrow 

 makes no variations of its exquisite song. The gor- 

 ge ou s cardinal's 

 rich whistle, the 

 bobolink's hur- 

 ried, tripping ca- 

 denzas, the wren's 

 tuneful frolic, the 

 vesper- sparrow's 

 hymn -like bene- 

 diction at close .of 

 day all are free 

 as salvation ! It is 

 the unearthly, 

 soulful quality in a 

 bird's voice that 

 thrills one with 

 shivery creeps of 

 sympathetic vibra- 

 tion. 



WHEN BIRDS 

 SING 



In February, 

 before we have 

 begun to look for 

 pussy-willows or 

 skunk - cabbages, 

 the song-sparrow's 

 The wood-thrush s w e e t , sprightly 



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