^"Is^"] Peabody, Nesting of Kriderh Ha-wh. \ \ 



Approaching stealthily a small, isolated pool a pair of Baldpates 

 is very much surprised to be so rudely disturbed and starts off with 

 exclamations of genuine disgust. 



We leave the marsh and as we near the farm a fine old Marsh - 

 Hawk, with azure on his back and a ray of sunset scattered over 

 the breast, is started from a fence post. Traversing a patch of 

 high weeds we are greeted on all sides by farewells of a restless 

 throng of Tree Sparrows, assembled here to fix the day or rather 

 the night for the approaching departure. With the exception of 

 the Red-wings all birds, which we have met to-day, are only 

 transient guests, and another week or two will carry off the last 

 of them to the northward. The scene will then be changed and 

 will be very different from what we saw to-day, since other 

 forms of life will take the places of the departed ones. 



Ank XII. Jan. 1895 p. 1-11 



