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Are birds induced to sing again because the temperament of 

 autumn resembles that of spring ? 



Linnaeus ranges plants geographically : palms inhabit the 

 tropics, grasses the temperate zones, and mosses and lichens 

 the polar circles ; no doubl animals may be classed in the same 

 manner with propriety. 



THE LONG-TAILED TITMOU.SE. 



House-sparrows build under eaves in the spring; as the 

 weather becomes hotter they get out for coolness, and nest in 

 plum-trees and apple-trees. These birds have been known 

 sometimes to build in rooks' nests, and sometimes in the forks 

 of boughs under rooks' nests. 



As my neighbour was housing a rick he observed that his 

 dogs devoured all the little red mice that they could catch, 

 VOL. i. z 



