l^cPJgptiF'ttib- 



^'d"ccSft dirty 



sTlbtf&Oyef;itteyf iati d 



df"tfdrie sfr^e'1.4. '' C-onseqiye'f] 

 rarVly !?i-n pxr* pt in tfte 'iL-.r^u.^w, -.>- 

 oinity of ronifci-ons woods or'-1#ee!3. 

 They have : a rather ' sM-eet: 1 but 'soff 



hear 'are -t\ inking; ^Ihistle^ as the 'flock's 

 fly from one feeding ground to another, 

 lodrrum r, vd iisouo-j ni ns /ij> nsdv/' Irvjiaufuai; .Jon SIB 



dense 



tivcly f^w ppf 



soinely , tioged 



but . young i 



birds whicl 



stout bills, light. |ine f[ 



tiojnng-ic^il notes. ; ; .-The, m<ales ;; 



"formerly, [trapped ; and ^ caged becapse Q thfiir beautjy and 



song, until., j^&,:p[]ja9$C ; .w#8 ^isely stopped ^^ ,j^^[t'^ 



late spring they separate into pairs and select their nesting 



sites, which; usually ape jn^cpn^eflQus^jir^eSg 



GRACKLES, commonly known as 

 Blackbirds, return ~tg :us early in springy fr/oaa ^l,ejr r;( ; 

 sojourn, in southern states. They are nearly always, toi be 

 seen in,, flocks, an/1 alwa.ys 



and voices. Their creakings, croakings and 'many reedy 



