THINGS TO SEE THIS WINTER 



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out along the roads or paths, 

 as if the builders wished to 

 be near their human neigh- 

 bors as, indeed, I believe 

 they do. Study how the dif- 

 ferent birds build materi- 

 als, shapes, finish, sup- 

 ? ports ; for winter is the 

 better season in which 

 to make such study, 

 the summer being so 

 crowded with interests 

 of its own. 



IV 



When the snow hardens, 

 especially after a strong wind, 

 go out to see what you can 

 find in the wind furrows of the 

 snow in the holes, hollows, 

 pockets, and in footprints 

 y in the snow. Nothing? 



^ Look again, closely 

 that dust 

 wind-sweepings 

 seeds! 



