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MY GARDEN. 



shorn of half its pleasure if we were deprived of the notes of the 



thrush and the blackbird. 



"The mavis mild wi' many a note 

 Sings drowsy day to rest."— BURNS. 



Fig. 1193. — Blackbird, Jthnat. size. 



Fig. 1194. — Spotted Flycatcher. 



The Spotted Fly-catcher (Musacapa Grisola, fig, 11 94)— the last 

 bird of the summer to migrate, and the last to make its appearance 

 here — builds in the willow-trees on our islands. It hawks over the 



Fig. 1 195. —Kestrel. 



Fig. 1 196.— White Owl. 



water, returns and settles on a bough, then hawks again, and so 

 on over and over again. It arrives about the second week in May. 

 The only birds of prey whkh have been noticed with us are 



