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Blackbird are more mellow and more of the nature 

 of a vesper song." 



" Excellently put, indeed," I replied, delighted 

 at the progress my pupil was already making. 



" What is this ivy-leaved looking plant trailing 

 along the ground ? " asked my companion. 



" That is Ground Ivy," I answered, " and that 

 three-leaved plant hard by is the Wood Sorrel. 

 See, here, the small, frail, white petals are already 

 showing, and here also is the Wood Anemone, 

 which will shortly be bursting into flower." 



" What a curious scolding note is being uttered 

 by a small bird in that tall Fir just now, and farther 

 on what a loud Spring song is being poured forth 

 by another tenant of this woodland glen," queried 

 my friend; " tell me what are these ? " 



" The first bird," I answered, " is a Blue Tit. 

 Look at him through my field-glasses, and notice 

 what a dapper little bird he is." 



" Beautiful," replied my friend, as, after 

 manoeuvring a while, he adjusted the glasses to 

 suit him. 



" The other bird you ask me about is a Great 

 Tit, a relative of the Blue Tit, and the largest 

 member of the Titmice family which breeds in 

 the British Isles." 



" May I have a look at him, too ? " 



" Certainly," I answered, " you will see him by 

 putting the glasses upon yonder dead Oak branch, 



