MORE ABOUT MY FEATHERED 

 FRIENDS. 



' ' Now out of woodland copse and cover, 

 Dies the summer as died the spring, 

 And days of delight for lover and lover, 



And buds that blossom and birds that sing ; 

 And southward over our inland seas 

 Have vanished the humming-bird and the bees ; 

 Fleet on the blast the dead leaves hover ; 

 Loud in the forest the axe-strokes ring.'' 



— C P. Mvlvcmey. 



THE PINE GROSBEAK. 



Among the few species of birds that linger in our cold 

 climate in the shelter of the pine forests and cedar 

 swamps, is the Pine Grosbeak (Penicola Enucleator). 



Like the Crossbill (Curvirostra) he is a brave, hardy 

 fellow, and of a sociable nature. He is usually met 

 with in parties of from five or six to eight ; probably 



