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NATURE'S CALENDAR 



March 26 



its plaintive note at evening seems to ex- 

 press the deepest regret at having left so 

 soon the sunny South, where its winter 

 was passed. 



Few birds settle down to house cares 

 so early as this month north of Virginia 

 and the Ohio Valley. The crow may some- 

 times do so, and a few robins and blue- 

 birds are so eager to begin housekeeping 

 that they will not wait for a better sea- 

 son, but they often come to grief in con- 

 sequence, especially the phoebe-bird, which 

 frequently pays for her haste and temer- 

 ity by freezing and starvation. 



March 27 



