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Title: Birds and nature
Year: 1900 (1900s)
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Subjects: Birds Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : A.W. Mumford, Publisher
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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vulga-tum, in the sphagnum swamp, sur-rounded by the blue-fringed gentians.We found the dainty Maidenhair, Adian-tum pedattim, on most of our walks, andit was always beautiful. We had thoughtthe Climbing Fern, Lygodimn palma^turn, was not to be found in New Hamp-shire, and unless one is a lover of ferns,he can never realize our delight as wefound and gathered our hands full ofthe dainty plant, which is one of ourmost exquisite ferns. We broughthome roots of all our ferns and plantedthem about our homes or in pots. But,removed from their original haunts,they lose a great share of their beauty. Should I never again see the fernsof New England, I cannot forget thegrand and beautiful views that memoryholds of the ferns in their haunts, andmy summer with the ferns will be abright spot that I will never tire recall-ing. I had often been told that fernswere a difficult study, but I found themdelightful, and now as I meet them, theyall seem like old acquaintances. Rest H. Metcalf. 2•^■l i
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THE WOOD THRUSH. ( Ttirdus m ustelin us) Mr. Chapman has beautifully ex-pressed the character of this woodlandsongster. He says: The WoodThrush is a lovable bird, with a voicesuited to his gentle disposition. * * *His calm, restful song rings throughthe woods like a hymn of praise ris-ing pure and clear from a thankfulheart. It is a message of hope and goodcheer in the morning, a benedictionat the close of day. Who, that hasheard the song of the Wood Thrush,can fail to desire a more intimate ac-quaintance with Gods out-of-doors.Its flutelike opening notes are an in-vitation to his haunts; a call from Na-ture to yield ourselves to the ennoblinginfluences of the forest. Come tome, he sings in tenor notes of won-derful sweetness. The exquisite qual-ity of the tone of his song cannot bedescribed by words, it must be heard.It has been called a Symphony in Na-ture, but its character is much morethat of a tone poem. Hearing such asong, wafted on the air, one cannotfail to witness The gladnes

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