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BIRDS 
to be floating, softened and refined, in the 
upper air. The birds, in a new, but less 
holiday suit, turn their faces southward. 
The Swallows flock and go; the Bobo¬ 
links flock and go; silently and unob¬ 
served, the Thrushes go. Autumn ar¬ 
rives, bringing Finches, Warblers, Spar¬ 
rows, and Kinglets from the North. 
Silently the procession passes. Yonder 
Hawk, sailing peacefully away till he is 
lost in the horizon, is a symbol of the 
closing season and the departing birds. 
