THE HIGH TIDE OF BIRD LIFE 



>R abundance and for 

 perfection of song and 

 plumage, of the whole 

 year, May is the month 

 of birds. Insects appear slowly 

 in the spring and are numerous all summer; 

 squirrels and mice are more or less in evi- 

 dence during all the twelve months; reptiles 

 unearth themselves at the approach of the warm 



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