Alabama, ip 15. 33 



GADWALL 



THESE birds, which measure about twenty-one inches im 

 length, are cosmopolitan in distribution, but in America are 

 nowhere as abundant as other species. They frequent 

 marshes about fresh-water lakes and ponds, breeding chiefly 

 in the interior and western America and being only casually found 

 during migrations on the Atlantic coast north of Chesapeake Bay. 

 Compared to other species, the drake is rather poorly plumaged, 

 the black, white and chestnut on the wings only serving to break the 

 monotony of the general coloring. 



— Game Birds. 



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"IN MY DREAMS" 



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IN MY dreams there are forests with turbulent streamlets, 

 Where trout flash their gold in the noon-day sun. 

 In my land of Arcady the silence is soothing. 



Each hour bears new joys ere the daylight is done. 



In my dreams comes the hum of the reel o'er swift waters, 



The thrill of each struggle brings sure cease to cares, 

 Whilst a melodic symphony in harmony with nature, 

 Is flowing from swelling throats, warbling sweet airs. 



In my dreams there steals o'er me the deep peace of evening, 

 E'ry night folds its shroud round the forests of pine, 



A memory of night winds that woo me to slumber, 

 To dream of the morrow and joys which are mine. 



Frank J. Parsons. 



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