FIRST WEEK] April 89 



and his tail snaps as if it played some important part in 

 the mechanism of his vocal effort. 



When you are picking cowslips and hepaticas early in the 

 month, keep a lookout for the first barn swallow. Nothing 

 gives us such an impression of the independence and 



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individuality of birds as when a solitary member of some 

 species arrives days before others of his kind. One fork- 

 tailed beauty of last year's nest above the haymow nmy 

 hawk about for insects day after day alone, before he is 

 joined by other swallows. Did he spend the winter by 

 himself, or did the heimweh smite his heart more sorely 



