There was a Boy; ye knew him well, ye cliffs And islands of Winander!--many a time, At evening, when the earliest stars began To move along the edges of the hills, Rising or setting, would he stand alone, Beneath the trees, or by the glimmering lake; And there, with fingers interwoven, both hands Pressed closely palm to palm and to his mouth Uplifted, he, as through an instrument, Blew music hootings to the silent owls, That they might answer him. Following are a few references to Screech Owls:-- _Handbook of Nature-Study_ (Comstock), pages 104-07. _Some Common Game, Aquatic and Rapacious Birds_ (McAtee and Beal), pages 27-28. _Our Backdoor Neighbors_ (Pellet), pages 63-74; "The Neighborly Screech Owls." _My Pets_ (Saunders), pages 11-33. _Birds in their Relation to Man_ (Weed and Dearborn), page 199. _Educational Leaflet No. 11._ (National Association of Audubon Societies.) BOB, THE VAGABOND _Dolichonyx oryzivorus_, the Bobolink. _Educational Leaflet No. 38._ (National Association of Audubon Societies.) _The Bobolink Route_ Maps, showing the route of migrant bobolinks may be found in _Bird, Migration_ (Cooke), page 6; _Our Greatest Travelers_ (Cooke), page 365. Other interesting accounts of bird-migrations may be found in _Travels of Birds_ (Chapman). _Bird Study Book_ (Pearson), chapter IV. History tells us when Columbus discovered Cuba and when Sebastian Cabot sailed up the Paraguay River; but when bobolinks discovered that island, or first crossed that river, no man can ever know. The physical perfection that permits such journeys as birds take is cause for admiration. In this connection much of interest will be found in