Pictures of Yesterday 



By Millie Noel Lang 

 Brown leaves rustled by passing feet 

 On a shaded walk of an old-time street, 

 An old-time fence of palings tall 

 And over there an old stone wall 

 With brambles growing over it 

 And woodbine leaves that cover it, — 

 Beyond, a meadow, yellow-brown. 

 And then a grove outside the town 

 All colored bright by Nature's brush, 

 Deserted by the lark and thrush, 

 But peopled by the blackbirds quaint. 

 Repeating their sweet, tender plaint, — 

 An old gray house upon a hill, 

 A straw-stack and a tall wind-mill — 

 A few late butterflies a- wing, 

 And autumn's haze o'er everything, — 

 These were the beauties cheered my heart 

 That perfect day I walked apart. 

 Rejoiced, the old-time things to see, 

 The quaint old scenes so dear to me. 



Tennessee Warbler {Vermivora peregrina) 

 Range : Breeds in Canadian Zone from upper Yukon Valley, southern 

 Mackenzie, central Keewatin, southern Ungava, and Anticosti Island south to 

 southern British Columbia, southern Alberta, Manitoba, northern Minnesota, 

 Ontario, New York (Adirondacks), northern Maine, and New Hampshire; 

 winters from Oaxaca to Colombia and Venezuela. 



The Tennessee warbler is by no means as local as its name would imply, 

 but is likely to be found in migration almost anywhere in eastern United States, 

 although it is much more numerous in the Mississippi Valley. Unpretentious 

 both in dress and character, this little bird seems to possess no very salient char- 

 acteristics. It is, however, not likely to be mistaken for any other species save 

 the Nashville, which it resembles rather closely. During spring migration the 

 Tennessee is apt to be overlooked, since it is prone to keep in the tree-tops. In 

 fall, however, it is found lower down, usually in company with flocks of other 

 warblers, among which it becomes conspicuous by reason of its very inconspicu- 

 ousness and in contrast with its more gaudy fellows. 



Its song has been variously described and may be said to be a simple trill 

 not unlike the chippy. It appears to be certain that the Tennessee, like the 

 Nashville, nests on the ground, but apparently the nesting habits of the bird are 

 comparatively unknown, or at least have not as yet been very fully recorded. 



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