THE TRAVELS OF THE BOBOLINK 



They are only waiting for the warm rays of the 

 sun to break forth into bud and blossom. But 

 Bob has thousands of miles to travel and many 

 dangers to escape before he can keep his appoint- 

 ment with us. It is a marvel that he is so rarely 

 late. 



Where has he come from? How did he get 

 here? Now that he is here the best way to 

 answer these questions will be to go with him to 

 his winter home. Then we can return with him 

 in the spring. 



BOB AT HOME 



Within a month after his arrival Bob and his 

 plainly dressed, sparrow-like wife will have 

 chosen a home. So cunningly will they hide it 

 on the ground among the grasses, and so wary 

 will they be in going to and from it, that we 

 must watch them closely and hunt carefully, if 

 we would see the five or six heavily spotted eggs 

 it contains. 



In about two weeks these will hatch, and the 

 first week in July the young Bobolinks will be 



