Identifier: birdlore211919nati (find matches)
Title: Bird lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Committee of the Audubon Societies of America National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals National Audubon Society
Subjects: Birds Birds Ornithology
Publisher: New York City : Macmillan Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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ing from bush to bush or perching on some exposedtwig to chant their sweet, earnest songs; but the wild, ringing, rapidly delivered notesof the Tree Sparrows issue, as a rule, from the depths of the thickets where the birdskeep closely concealed. These voices, with, perhaps, the tender, plaintive warble ofsome passing Bluebird or at evening, towards the close of the month, the merry peep-ing of Pickerings hylas are the characteristic March sounds of the Fresh Pond marshesas well as of many similar places in eastern Massachusetts. How they soothe andrefresh the senses after the long silence of winter, breathing to every one of refined sensi-bilities the very essence of early spring! To those who have long known and loved themthey are inexpressibly grateful and precious, touching the chords of memory moresubtly than do any other sounds, recalling past associations—albeit often saddenedones, and filling the heart with renewed courage and hope for the future. *BiRD-LoRE, 1902, pp. 43-56
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284 Bird - Lore This whole article, with its combination of exact description, touches oflocal color, and wholesome sentiment is an admirable example of Brewstersstyle. One is tempted to make extended quotations from his writings, which,published in various scientific journals, have never had the audience that theymerit, but I add only an extract from his essay on Bird Migration, pub-lished as the first Memoir of the Nuttall Club. Brewster was the first orni-thologist in this country to make a definite study of bird migration from alighthouse. From August 13 to September 26, 1885, he remained at PointLepreaux, New Brunswick, living with the keeper of the light. On the nightof September 4, there was a heavy flight of birds. Brewster remained in thelighthouse from ten oclock until two the next morning. During this timeabout 200 birds struck the light. After giving the names of those that wereidentified, he writes: At the height of the melee the scene was interesting and impressive beyon

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