182 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



PI. 



Birds which build covered or arched nests on the ground. 



1. Moodavve karl. 



2. novedrib. 



3. passhoergep-waspror. 



r4. kilbinboo. 

 Sometimes S 5. Marvlard-wethaytollro 

 [6. Aiqui. 



NUMERICAL ENIGMA. 



Mary made some 5-6-7-8-4 and 4-2-5 them in the pantry window to 

 cool. A 7-6-8 peeped out from a hole in the wall, ran across the shelf 

 and 5.6-4-5-2-3 of the crust. He thought it a great 8-7-2-5-5. He 6-5-2 

 off a large piece. When he heard Helen opening the door, he quickly 

 4-5-6-7-8-2-3 back home. When the little girl saw what he had done, 

 the 8-2.6-7-4 came into her eyes. Just then she saw a 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 in 

 the oak just outside of the window, as he 3-6-7-1-5-2-3 away she ran and 

 told her mother that a 3-2-6-7 little yellow and black bird had been tast- 

 ing her 5-6-7-8-4. 



GLEANINGS. 



Is this a time to be cloudy and sad 



When our mother nature laughs around; 



When even the deep blue heavens look glad, 



And gladness breathes from the blossoming ground. 



There are notes of joy from the hang-bird and wren, 



And the gossip of swallows through all the sky, 



The ground-squirrel gayly chirps by his den 



And the wilding bee hums merrily by. 



Bryant. 



