Meadow and Mountain 



common. It would create a great sensation among our 

 Eastern friends. I think they would mistake its scarlet 

 clusters for wild red grapes. 



The "starberry" is a bush of beauty among the de- 

 foliated winter trees. It spreads its outer husks like the 

 points of a star. 



The oriole swings his nest from the branches of trees 

 that stand like sentinels along the river. You wonder where 

 the birdling babies are this chilly winter day. In spring and 

 summer herons, kingfishers, snipes, bitterns, and a great 

 variety of wild ducks live and laugh along these river ways. 

 The red-wing blackbird builds his nest and sings his song 

 among the river bushes and sedges. And no finer fishes 

 have been found than those which sport and swim in these 

 Western waterways. The mud-cat, the channel-cat, the 

 sunfish, and other varieties abound in these rivers. 



