. Oiseaux à travers les années . ssom bourgeons. Si cela est un fait, j'espère itis inconnu à l'agriculteur, sinon il pourrait se sentir appelé à interférer avec ces membres brillants de la chorale de printemps. Avec l'approche de la saison d'accouplement, la partie d'avril, a ébaisé leur chanson complète, qui, bien que quelque chose comme celle de la WarblingVireo, est plus plein et plus riche.le mâle, de haut de l'érable ou de l'orme, des warbles alay qui ne peut pas échouer dans l'admiration de la femme thesober-adapté à qui est si oft re-peated. La chanson a été comparée à la carol de theRobin, mais a un volume, une variété de tons, et la ra-pidity tout son

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. Birds through the years . ssom buds. If this be a fact, I hope itis unknown to the farmer, else he might feel called upon tointerfere with these brilliant members of the spring choir. With the approach ofthe mating season, thelatter part of April, isheard their full song, which, while somewhatlike that of the WarblingVireo, is fuller and richer.The male, from top ofmaple or elm, warbles alay which cannot fail towin the admiration of thesober-suited female forwhom it is so oft re-peated. The song has beenlikened to the carol of theRobin, but has a volume, variety of tones, and ra-pidity all its own. Itserves its purpose well, for a mate is soon won, and attention is then turned tothe home making. A pair of purple Finches nest every year in a thick-topped maple tree in my neighbors dooryard. In mid-summer I find them also in the woods of Northern Maine, nesting in evergreen trees far above the ground. Thepale green eggs are five or six in number. In both casesthe song is kept up until the season is far advanced, and. Purple Finches. THE EARLY COMERS 55 the gallant singer is all kindness and attention to the littlemate who is looking so carefully to the comfort of thefamily. After the young are reared, the birds form in flocks androam about the country until late October or early Novem-ber, when the march south is begun ; and we hear no moreof their delightful music until another winter has passed, and the budding springtime lures them to us again. Sometimes the charge is made against the Purple Finchthat he destroys fruit buds and blossoms. If so, he morethan repays us, by his sweet music, for the loss of a fewapples or plums. This bird is the size of the English Sparrow, perhaps atrifle slimmer. The males over two years old are conspicu-ously marked with strawberry-red on the head, neck, throat, breast, and back, fading to brown on the wings and rump.The young males and females look much like Sparrows, but may be distinguished by the rounded bill, tufts offeathers over th

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