Where Town and Country Meet 



to fix the songs of our common birds in his 

 mind by the English phrases which they 

 suggest to him rather than to another. It 

 is remarkable how these odd, often whim- 

 sical, designations will stick in the mind, 

 and enable a person to recall a bird's name 

 long after he would otherwise have for- 

 gotten it. This is a kind of mnemonic sys- 

 tem peculiary suited to bird-study; and, in 

 addition to its usefulness, it affords not a 

 little entertainment to one who grows skilled 

 in the translation of bird-language into Eng- 

 lish. 



