BIRDS OF PEASEMARSH 



always much shyer. But though he does not 

 come so near, his voice reaches us. When on 

 sunny April mornings he mounts to the tree 

 tops and pours forth his glorious notes, he fills 

 the air with music. Unfortunately his stay is 

 frequently shorter than that of the other two. 



Upon their return visit, about the middle of 

 September, these Sparrows have their families 

 with them and make quite an extended stay, 

 hunting out our weed patches and devouring 

 great quantities of seeds. 



Usually they have gone their way by the 

 time their cousins, the Tree Sparrows, come 

 from the north to take a final look at our weed 

 patches and glean what the others have left, 

 for the Tree Sparrows come with the Snow 

 Birds and tell us that winter is on the way. 

 Their names did not come from their manner 

 of nesting, for they nest on the ground or very 

 near the ground, and their nesting places are 

 many hundreds of miles north, in Labrador 

 and near the Hudson's Bay. 



FINCHES 



Of all the Finches the Goldfinch, wild Can- 

 ary some people call it, is the best known here. 

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