Category: Poetry
AN AUTUMN EVENING. 145 THE PINE GROSBEAK. (_Pinicola enucleator._) 146 THE ANNUAL NOVEMBER CONFERENCE. 149 THE FIELD SPARROW. (_Spizella pusilla._) 155 DISHRAG VINES. 156 A SNOW-FLAKE. 156 NEIGHBORING WITH NATURE. 157 Gaunt shadows stretch along the hill 157 THE CAROLINA WREN....
The Field Sparrow is the smallest of our sparrows and is quite easily distinguished from the other species by its reddish bill. The common name is misleading, and perhaps it wou...
4. Part 4Then the corners festooned with clematis, hop bindweed and even dodder give to the raw edges a finish that cannot be excelled. Little dots of cardinal, here and there, show a be...
3. Part 3“My friends, the reports have now all been made. We have heard many pleasant things, and many things which make us sad. I think, however, that each one has found some cause for...
1. Part 1AN AUTUMN EVENING. 145 THE PINE GROSBEAK. (_Pinicola enucleator._) 146 THE ANNUAL NOVEMBER CONFERENCE. 149 THE FIELD SPARROW. (_Spizella pusilla._) 155 DISHRAG VINES. 156 A SNOW...
5. Part 5Our yellow-tinted sparrow has another name, the “Grasshopper Sparrow,” from its insect-like tremolo and chirp. Its song is a chord or two and a long trill on the insect letter,...