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has been planted extensively in the Great Plains 

 and, it is believed that, beguiled by its seeds, the 

 evening grosbeak has been led even to our Eastern 

 Coast. 



Not only are bird songs interesting and de- 

 lightful, but even the faintest calls and notes 

 may be the source of great pleasure. The 

 whistling call of the white-throated sparrow, the 

 lisp of the fox sparrow, the distinctive calls of 

 the myrtle and the magnolia warblers for ex- 

 ample, heard in the spring and autumn migra- 

 tions, arouse emotions which help to carry a man 

 through a busy and trying day. There is an 

 intellectual pleasure and a feeling of mastery 

 that springs from it, in being able to recognize a 

 faint call and to picture the exact appearance of 

 the bird, from which it comes, and to recall its 

 home environment in the north. One can smell / 

 the balsam fir and the fragrant Linnea, and feel 

 the cool breath of northern air. The ornitholo- 

 gist in particular or the naturalist in general, the 

 greater part of whose life is spent in the busy 

 haunts of men, leads a double life of which his 

 acquaintances know nothing, which is indeed a 



