Part 2

IX. THE LITTLE REDBIRDS 113

Cardinal grosbeak. Cardinalis cardinalis. House sparrow. Passer domesticus.

X. THE CARDINAL'S NEST 119

Cardinal grosbeak. Cardinalis cardinalis. Bobolink. Dolichonyx oryzivorus. Meadow-lark. Sturnella magna.

XI. LITTLE BOY BLUE 126

Blue jay. Cyanocitta cristata.

XII. STORY OF THE NESTLINGS 136

Blue jay. Cyanocitta cristata.

XIII. BLUE JAY MANNERS 144

Blue jay. Cyanocitta cristata.

XIV. THE GREAT CAROLINIAN 154

Great Carolina wren. Thryothorus ludovicianus. Yellow-billed cuckoo. Coccyzus americanus. Crested flycatcher. Myiarchus crinitus.

XV. THE WRENLINGS APPEAR 172 Great Carolina wren. Thryothorus ludovicianus.

XVI. THE APPLE-TREE NEST 183

Orchard oriole. Icterus spurius.

XVII. CEDAR-TREE LITTLE FOLK 194

Mourning dove. Zenaidura macroura.

BESIDE THE GREAT SALT LAKE.

XVIII. IN A PASTURE 207

Louisiana tanager. Piranga ludoviciana. Green-tailed towhee. Pipilo chlorurus. Magpie. Pica pica hudsonica.

XIX. THE SECRET OF THE WILD ROSE PATH 231

Long-tailed chat. Icteria virens longicauda. Western robin. Merula migratoria propinqua. Black-headed grosbeak. Habia melanocephala.

XX. ON THE LAWN 259

Lazuli-painted finch. Passerina amoena. Broad-tailed humming-bird. Trochilus platycercus. House sparrow. Passer domesticus.

IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

Trust me, 't is something to be cast Face to face with one's self at last, To be taken out of the fuss and strife, The endless clatter of plate and knife, The bore of books, and the bores of the street, From the singular mess we agree to call Life.

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And to be set down on one's own two feet So nigh to the great warm heart of God, You almost seem to feel it beat Down from the sunshine and up from the sod; To be compelled, as it were, to notice All the beautiful changes and chances Through which the landscape flits and glances, And to see how the face of common day Is written all over with tender histories.