260 Birds of Oregon and Washington 



wild birds about our homes is their looked-for 

 return in the spring. The same birds will re- 

 turn to our bird-houses and trees, from year to 

 year, unless something should befall them in 

 their winter home or during migration. 



"No longer now the winged habitants, 

 That in the woods their sweet lives sing away, 

 Flee from the form of man ; but gather round, 

 And preen their sunny feathers on the hands 

 Which little children stretch in friendly sport 

 Towards these dreadless partners of their play." 



Shelley. 



