Red-eyed Vireo was now and then 

 found. This Vireo is an incessant 

 songster as it gleans among the upper 

 branches of the trees. 



The Rose-breasted Grosbeak invari- 

 ably nested in a clump of dense wild 

 Crab-apple trees, partly overgrown 

 with grape vines. Another inhabitant 

 of the grove not easily overlooked, is 

 the bold Kingbird, the guardian of the 

 barnyard, its nest saddled on a rather 

 strong moss-covered limb of another 

 Oak. I could mention a number of 

 other birds that build their nests near 



the dwellings of man, but space will 

 not permit me to do so. I will add, 

 however, that if my readers would 

 have about them these beautiful and 

 useful birds, which are almost the best 

 friends of mankind, don't allow Eng- 

 lish Sparrows to come near your home, 

 and you will soon find youself in the 

 midst of the songsters. The incredible 

 numbers of English Sparrows now 

 found almost everywhere have driven 

 our native birds away. 



— Jos. F. HONECKER, 



Oak Forest, Ind. 



GOLDENROD. 



PRING is the morning of the year, 

 __ And Summer is the noontide bright ; 



r ,/- — 7 The Autumn is the evening clear 



That comes before the Winter's night. 



And in the evening, everywhere 

 Along the roadside, up and down, 



I see the golden torches flare 



Like lighted street-lamps in the town. 



I think the Butterfly and Bee, 



From distant meadows coming back, 



Are quite contented when they see 



These lamps along the homeward track. 



But tnose who stay too late get lost ; 



For when the darkness falls about, 

 Down every lighted street the frost 



Will go and put the torches out ! 



— Frank Dempster Sher^nan. 



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