SPRING 



notes, then growing in fervour and end- 

 ing in a mad, ecstatic whirl. Oft 

 repeated it was assuring, assuring to 

 all renewing life that Spring had really 

 come. 



The bluebirds examined last year's 

 home in the birch, making many tem- 

 porary visits inside through the little 

 door, all the while holding an animated 

 conversation. One of the most inter- 

 esting sights to be found at this season 

 is to watch a pair of bluebirds choosing 

 a home or refitting an old one, which 

 they often do. The beautiful blue coat 

 and red-brown breast is a most wel- 

 come bit of colour in the awakening 

 Spring and their low, sweet music is a 

 treat to hear when they are busy plan- 

 ning to set up house. 



Every day added numbers to the 

 army of choristers, each hour new 

 voices were heard to swell the grand 

 festival of song. The meadow-larks 

 returned to the meadow at the east of 

 the woods and gave an added touch of 

 life to the creeping greenness of the 

 fields. The family of the crows, who all 

 through early Spring had been dis- 

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