ISSKKI) IN BKIIAf.F OF THE S( 1EN( K WIIK H IT ADVOCATES. 
VOJJ'MK I, \ 
Nl MIIKK «. I 
AUGUST, 1875. 
ITBLISHKI) AT 
ITICA, N.Y. 
TIIK BKI.TKP KIMiFl^UKi:. 
'l*iiKitK. lurkiii;; bv tlic^ trfUKjuil brim 
* )|' pool ur woo(l-ftiibo\vi'rt.'(l stream. 
Within tlif |)ionv<l and lioUowtMl .sidi*, 
Tht^ Kin;rii?»liers, retirin;ir, hido 
Tlu'ir lu'iid.s' iind winds' resplendent sheen 
< )t Innjnoise blue and emerahl green. 
M ANT. 
TIIK KOROLINK. 
liisi;. () li.--l to the Hire Birtl's son;r. 
As it peals thronjjh the rice ;rronnds eh-ar 
and stron;r : 
Witli a suihlen <-hanjje tVuiu hiiih tu low . 
Ajid a rapid throb, as it beats to and fro. 
TIIK STOUMY PKTKEL. , 
Vv and <lo\vn ! np and down ! | 
Krom the base oi* llie wave to the billowV , 
crown, 
.\nd amidst the flashing and t'e'tlTry foam 
The Stormy IVtrel iinds a home ; 
A home, if sneh a phiee there ite 
For her who lives on the widf, Avide st-a. 
On the eraugv ice, in th*' trozen air. 
Ami only seeking her roeky lair 
To warm her vonug. and teach tlu-m to 
spring 
At niirc o'er till' wavcson their >to! inv wing I 
THE MEUI.IN. 
To-i>AY he sits n])on a wrist 
Wliose jmrple veins a (pieen liath kist ; 
And on Iiim falls a tender eye 
That he can face where'er he tly. 
Tlio' he scale the .'*nmmit cold 
Of the (irimsel. vast anil old — 
Th*»' lie reach thi' sunless stream 
I'hnt threads the forest like a dream. 
liAlUlV Coi.'NWAI.l.. 
BIEDS' NESTS AND EGGS. 
Contents of tliis papiT : — 
44H. Wii.n PiiiK(»N. 
4(i4. PUAIlilE IIkn, 
4 7>< . AV 1 1( )* »r 1 N(i ( k a n k, 
47'.». Sanimiim. C'uank, 
,'}()'>. Fl.AMINdO, 
In liie northern and north \vest<'rn 
ofihe Uniled States, the l*assenger t»r 
Pigeon l>reed in great number-, 
nest in large cominnnities. in the lops 
erallv. of l>eech and maple tree-', the ' 
parts 
Wild 
M-oa- 
inasl* 
