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marsh, and after gaining an immense height disap- 

 peared, this time toward the east. 



" As the sun rose over tlie Palisa(h.>s few birds 

 were on the wing, but great flocks were perched in 

 the reeds on the banks of the creek, and as in my 



canoe I drifted shjwly 

 np to them, they seemed 

 unmindful of my pres- 

 ence, wiien, as though at 

 a signal, they arose a.s 

 one bird, and after hov- 

 ering lightly overhead 

 returned to the reeds. 



" The tide was low, 

 and along the shore sev- 

 eral Sora Rail were feed- 

 ing, and, as carried by 

 the tide I floated noise- 

 lessly by. they paused in 

 their si^aixdi for food, and 

 wit] I tails upraised re- 

 garded me with evident 

 astonishiH(_'nt. A miidv 

 ap]>roached the shores of 

 a small inflowing stream, 

 hesitided, tlien ])lunged 

 in. crossed, and disap- 

 peared in th(/ tall grasses on the opposite side. The 

 air was vocal with the calls of Red-wingeil Black- 

 birds, the rJiinl- of ]>oboliidvS, and the rattle of 

 Swamp Sj)a.rr(.)ws. 



"On a riicd-grown ^loint below was another great 

 army of Swallows. With sni'prising i-eguhirily a 



i^\'s ill tri'c. 



