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NATURE'S REVIVAL 
the song of the builders as they prepare their several 
domestic establishments* We regret the departure 
of the Robins, when great flocks assemble in 
the suburban woods* But their southern journey- 
ing absolves them from the taint of continuous 
domestication* 
A scattered community of Bluebirds has appeared 
close to the city, moving about with a quiet com- 
placency that befits their rich attire* Unlike the 
Robins, they do not crowd together and follow a 
restless leader, still they keep within easy call* 
Familiar habitations of last year in orchards and 
woods, abandoned excavations of the woodpeckers, 
hollow branches and decayed trunks, all are sought 
again by the quiet stragglers* Their call is the voice 
of spring, but they linger, reluctant to desert the 
flock* Horned Larks gather in flocks, feeding where 
the snow has melted from the strewn fields* Enticing 
notes are in the air, and already the successful 
wooers are separating from the flock with their mates, 
and seeking convenient nesting-places on the exposed 
ground* The Horned Lark is a model of domestic 
attention, and his bright, ecstatic song, as he circles 
and rises above his hidden mate, often reveals the 
carefully located nest* 
There are other spring voices in the air* A Purple 
Finch announces his arrival from a sheltered perch, 
and a Kildeer cries from the sandy shore by the 
