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if by a signal, all sprang out and alighted upon my head, shoulders, and 

 arms much to the delight of the children, who, watching from below, de- 

 clared that I was "covered with birds." As I remained motionless the 

 old birds came and piloted the five young to the branches of a pear tree 

 near by, which they reached in the face of the strong breeze. The 

 one at the end of the branch, he of the bristling crest, is the ambitious 

 youngster who made the first long flight. If he lives no doubt we shall 

 hear from him. We left the old birds happily feeding their reunited 

 family in the pear tree. These experiments with the Chickadee have 

 accomplished three results. We have induced two individuals of a 

 species to change or modify their nesting habits. We have shown that 

 it is possible to induce another most useful species to accept man's 

 shelter and protection. We have demonstrated that the Chickadee can 

 be so domesticated by this method that its food and nesting habits may 

 be readily studied. What further results may come the future must 

 determine. Edward Howe Forbush. 



The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year. 



Of wailing winds, and naked woods, and meadows brown and sear. 



Heaped in the hollows of the grove, the Autumn leaves lie dead; 

 They rustle to the eddying gust, and to the rabbits tread. 



The robin and the wren are flown, and from the shrubs the jay, 



And from the wood-top calls the crow through all the gloomy day. 



William Cullen Bryant. 



