APPENDIX. 
EVERAL spaces, some of which are indicated by the 
lines of periods, were left in the manuscript for 
enlargement and illustration. Unfortunately, but two of 
the musical illustrations can be found. The author was 
singularly ready and happy in such musical reports as 
those of the dropping water and the clothes-rack, giving 
them frequently, interspersing his conversation with bits 
of song. 
Localities where the Songs were taken. (See p. 1.) 
The observations here recorded were begun and con- 
tinued for more than a year at Maple Grove, Dorset, 
Bennington County, Vermont. Afterward the work was 
carried forward in various parts of New Hampshire and 
in St. Lawrence County, New York, but principally in 
Southern Massachusetts, especially at and about Lynn 
and in Franklin, Norfolk County. — C,, 8. P. 
Newness of the Field. (See p. 1.) 
“TI have had a feast for the past week with Wilson, 
Flagg, and Audubon. I have greater faith than ever in 
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