DESIGNED TO PROMOTE

KNOWLEDGE OF BIRD-LIFE


“With cheerful hop from perch to spray,
They sport along the meads;
In social bliss together stray,
Where love or fancy leads.

Through spring’s gay scenes each happy pair
Their fluttering joys pursue;
Its various charms and produce share,
Forever kind and true.”


CHICAGO, U. S. A.
Nature Study Publishing Company, Publishers
1896


PREFACE.