A HERMIT'S WILD FRIENDS 



so many of them, not all, greet me as before 

 mentioned. 



The brown thrush is usually more demon- 



SWAMP SONG - SPARROW. 



strative than other birds. His greeting is 

 almost like the shrill cry of a small boy. Two 

 years ago, when rounding a turn in the old 

 road, I saw four thrushes before me. I stopped 

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