CHAPTER V. 

 lirbs. 



SILENCE OP THE FOBESTS —INTERESTING BIRDS WHITE-HEjVKED EAGLE — 



VARIETY OF HAWKS— MOSQUITO HAWK — OWLS — GREAT HORNED OWL 

 SNOWY OWL — ABSENCE OF BIRDS IN WINTER — SNOW-BIRDS ES- 

 TEEMED A DELICACY THEIR RESEMBLANCE TO ORTOLAN FAMILIAR 



ENGLISH BIRDS — CHARACTERISTICS OP COUNTRY THE FOREST 



ABSENCE OF THE COMMON SPARROW PRINCIPAL FEATHERED IN- 

 HABITANTS OF THE FOREST GAME BIRDS OP THE COVERTS AND 



PLAINS WADERS AND WATER-FOWL GAME-SEASONS OP THE UPPER 



AND LOWER PROVINCES — THEIR DISCREPANCY ^ITS EFFECTS — PRO- 

 POSED ALTERATION. 



