BIRDS OP FLORIDA. 



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is making his tour of observation. Yet meek and quiet 

 as she seems, she is, in truth, the master-spirit, and has 

 her own way at last. 



My study is a small, one-roomed cottage, a few rods 

 distant from the main cottage, embowered in trees, and 

 in this quiet retreat I am visited by many birds, who 

 seem curious to learn whether it is safe to. tolerate me. 



THE GREAT CAROLINA WREN. 



The wrens were a long time in deciding upon an eli- 

 gible spot to erect their domicile. The study was aban- 

 doned because the door was often closed, and screens 

 at the windows prevented an entrance there, Next the 

 stable was thought of, and they commenced building 

 behind a pile of boxes; but a colored man employed 

 on the premises caught one of the builders, and was 

 carrying it away when I rescued it. The stable was 

 then given up for the laundry, where for several days 



