150 BEYOND THE PASTURE BARS 



that they stick out of the doorway often for sheer lack of 

 room. 



Now and then a great amount of harm may be done by flick- 

 ers boring into roofs, ice houses, etc., but the good they do by 

 destroying worms and grubs far outweighs their harm. 



On page 32 of "A Watcher in the Woods" you will read 

 how one used to hammer on the church during the Sunday 

 worship as if to wake up the congregation. 



You must hear the loud ringing cry of "Yarup" over the 

 silent spring fields. Then later hide in the bushes and watch 

 the love making of a pair of flickers in the top of some neai'-by 

 tree. It is very funny. 



CHAPTER III 



THE WILD GEESE 



The author has heard them passing in the dead of night 

 over the very heart of Boston, and from the roof of houses 

 near Boston Common has seen them many times in the day 

 winging over high above the noise and smoke of the city. 



Page 26. 



Tropic Z.one: the Canada geese do not go farther south 

 for the winter than the Gulf States. Many winter in the Caro- 

 linas. 



Men with guns are the worst enemies; but there are many 

 others. Yesterday at the beach I picked up a herring gull ly- 

 ing dead on the sand. It had flown against a ship's mast at 

 night, confused by the lantern in the rigging, and broken its 

 neck. So it often happens to the geese. 



Page 32. 



Audubon: John James Audubon, the earliest and greatest 

 of American naturalists and bird lovers. A short life of him 

 is found in "Famous Men of Science" by Sarah K. Bolton. 



