FOREST TREES AND FOREST SCENERY 



In such forests, and along their bor- 

 ders, the birds like to make their home. 

 Among the bushy thickets they find a 

 secure shelter, and some of them seek 

 their food among the fruits and berries 

 that grow there. They all possess their 

 Individual charms, and infuse such 

 varied elements of life and cheer into 

 the woods that even the most common- 

 place scenes are transmuted by their 

 presence, while those that were already 

 beautiful receive an added attraction. 

 In winter there is nothing more har- 

 monious than a flock of snowbirds fly- 

 ing over frosted evergreens toward 

 some soft gray mist or cloud. For 

 grace and ease of movement I have 

 never seen anything more airy than the 

 Canada jay alighting on some near 

 bough, softly as a snowflake, to watch 

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