46 THE AUDUBON (BULUCE Ae 

If men are imaginative enough and respectful enough of nature, if com- 
merce and fashion can be humanized, there should be no reason why the 
bird life of these islands should not always remain rich and varied. It 
will be regrettable if Lord Grey’s Bill fails, for want of time or other 
cause, to become law, because it agrees with the drift of opinion and 
harmonizes and tightens up the present rather unsatisfactory state of 
the law 
Birding in Autumn 
When in autumn I go walking 
Through the woods while birds I’m stalking, 
Kolks must wonder what I’m seeking 
With my constant eager peeking. 
If they knew the fun that’s in it, 
They would scarcely wait a minute 
When they heard the redbird’s whistle 
Or saw goldfinch on a thistle; 
Heard the song of chickadee 
‘rom the top of leafless tree; 
Saw the red of downy’s crown, 
Nuthatch feeding upside down; 
Friendly whitethroats on the ground 
Black-bibbed juncos all around; 
Hermit thrush in russet coat, 
Brown tree sparrow’s cheerful note. 
Watch for cheeky scolding jay 
Who will surely come your way; 
Possibly you’ll spy an owl 
With its sober blinking jowl. 
Come and try it, unbeliever; 
Soon you too will have the fever. 
Joy will be too great for words 
When you learn to know the birds. 
—0O: Mie 
