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BIRDS 
low, ancient Hemlock, in whose cathe¬ 
dral aisles the coolness and freshness 
seemed perennial, the silence was sud¬ 
denly broken by a strain so rapid and 
gushing, and touched with such a wild 
sylvan plaintiveness, that I listened in 
amazement. And so shy and coy was the 
little minstrel that 1 came twice to the 
woods before I was sure to whom I was 
listening. In summer, he is one of those 
birds of the deep Northern forests, that, 
like the Speckled Canada Warbler and 
the, Hermit-Thrush, only the privileged 
ones hear. 
The distribution of plants in a given 
locality is not more marked and defined 
than that of the birds. Show a botanist 
a landscape, and he will tell you where 
to look for the Lady's-Slipper, the Col¬ 
umbine, or the Harebell. On the same 
principles the ornithologist will direct 
you where to look for the Hooded Warb¬ 
ler, the Wood-Sparrow, or the Chewink. 
In adjoining counties, in the same lati¬ 
tude, and equally inland, but possessing 
a different geological formation and dif¬ 
ferent forest-timber, you will observe 
