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Show AN EARLY AUTUMN BIRD. (From St. Nicholas.) No other birds are so closely associated asso-ciated with the early autumn, with the coming of the golden rod and the asters, as-ters, as are the white-throated sparrows, spar-rows, and many nature-lovers eagerly watch for the arrival of these fall songsters from the north. When they are first seen their only note, a feeble tseep, tells little of their musical power, pow-er, as they seem to have an agreement not to dash into our presence with a song, but to wait for a week or more after their arrival before surprising us by a display of their real ability. Many kinds of birds are" especially sociable in the autumn, but none are more so than the white-throated sparrows. Their gentle companionship and plaintive song seem especially adapted to the .dreamy days of our Indian summer. |