JUNCO 



A WELCOME WINTER VISITOR 



{Fig. 43) 



EPTEMBER, with its army of birds 

 marching steadily southward, is an 

 interesting but sorrowful month 

 for the bird-lover. Birds which 

 were rare or not seen at all when 

 the migrating army passed us in the 

 spring, may now often be found in numbers. This, 

 too, is the season when young and inexperienced 

 birds not infrequently lose their way; and we are, 

 therefore, on the lookout for these "accidental vis- 

 itants," as the ornithologist calls them. Perhaps 

 we may see some bird which has never been found in 

 our part of the country before ! 



While we therefore have keen enjoyment and ex- 

 citement in watching the host of Warblers, Vireos, 

 Flycatchers, Thrushes and others go by, we ^re sad- 

 dened by the thought that for the succeeding six or 

 seven months our woods will not know them. 



Soon the leaves will come fluttering gently down- 

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