VII. 



APRIL 15th. 



Song of Birds. — Song Sparrow. — Snow-bird. — ^Crossline Moth. — Striped 

 Feather Moth. — Powdered Red. — Pearlhead. — Comma Butterfly.— 

 Beetles. — Water-beetle. — Larvae of Ephemerae. — Caddis-flies. — Aga- 

 rics. — Yellowbird. — Crows. — Ruffed Grouse. — Honey-bees. — Plants. — 

 Orford Mountain. — The Owl's Head. — Exhilarating Effiect of high Ele- 

 vations. — Lesser Red-poll. — Hop. — Maskilonge. — Strange note of Blue 

 Jay. — Curious Fact connected with the Bam Swallow. — Breaking up 

 of the Coatacook. — The Masuippi and the St. Francis. — Mysterious 

 Voice of the Saw-whetter. — Piping Frogs. 



Father. — Spring, delightful Spring, has at length opened 

 upon us : " the winter is past, the rain is over and gone ; — 

 the time of the singing of birds is come." Let us walk forth, 

 and listen to the sweet music. 



Charles. — It is the first real song we have heard, and 

 very melodious it is. From what birds does it proceed ? 



F. — From the Song Sparrow {Fringilla Melodia). I 

 have not seen nor heard a single individual before, yet this 

 morning they appear in considerable numbers^ in company 

 with another little bird of the same genus, the Snow-bird 

 {Fringilla Nivalis)^ which likewise makes his appearance all 

 of a sudden. They are both plain little birds, and the latter 

 has no song to recommend it, save a single " chip," but as 

 putting us in mind of brighter days, and as the harbingers of 

 sunny spring, they are trebly welcome. 



C — Have we not seen the Snow-bird at intervals 

 through the winter ? 



