APPENDIX. 



SEVEEAL spaces, some of which are indicated by the 

 lines of periods, were left in the manuscript for 

 enlargement and illustration. Unfortunately, but two of 

 the musical illustrations can be found. The author was 

 singularly ready and happy in such musical reports as 

 those of the dropping water and the clothes-rack, giving 

 them frequently, interspersing his conversation with bits 

 of song. 



Localities where the Songs were taken. (See p. i.) 



The observations here recorded were begun and con- 

 tinued for more than a year at Maple Grove, Dorset, 

 Bennington County, Vermont. Afterward the work was 

 carried forward in various parts of New Hampshire and 

 in St. Lawrence County, New York, but principally in 

 Southern Massachusetts, especially at and about Lynn 

 and in Franklin, Norfolk County. C., S. P. 



Newness of the Field. (See p. 1.) 



"I have had a feast for the past week with Wilson, 

 Flagg, and Audubon. I have greater faith than ever in 



