A HERMIT'S WILD FRIENDS 



time the first flock appears before the loiterers 

 are all gone. The flock that called on me was 

 a very large one, numbering over one hun- 

 dred birds. Mornings they made the woods 

 ring with their delightful music. 



BAT -WINGED BUNTING. 



When the birds returned in April and May, 

 I found that I was a trespasser on the nest- 

 ing-ground of many a woodland bird. Cat- 

 birds, towhee-buntings, robins, thrushes, and 

 numerous warblers nested around my cabin. 



By this time I had settled down to hermit- 

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