" The cheerful little gold- 

 finches, that bend the dried 

 ragweeds." 



The meadow-larks always 

 roost upon the groViud. They 

 freep -n^ell uiuler the grass, or, if 

 the wind is high and it snows, they 

 squat close to the ground behind a 

 tuft of grass or thick Inish and slec]! 

 while the cold white flakes fall about 

 them. They are often covered before the morn- 

 ing ; and wlieii housed thus fi'Oin the wind and 

 hidden from jjrowling enemies, no bird could 

 Avish for a cozier, warmer, safer bed. 



But what a lonely bed it is ! Ndthing seems 

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