172 THE WILES OF A WARBLER. 



had begun. Now, if the bird-stiulent wishes 

 not to go mad with problems she cannot solve, 

 she will be wise to fold her camp-stool and re- 

 turn to the haunts of the squawking English 

 sparrow and the tireless canary, the loud-voiced 

 parrot, and the sleep-destroying mocking-bird. 

 I did. 



