BIRD STORIES 



Island every now and then, usually so low that her 

 spotted breast was reflected in the clear water as she 

 came, the white markings in her wings showing above 

 and below. 



Of course, as soon as the season came for their migra- 

 tion journey, the four of them started cheerfully off with 

 Peter and Dot, for a leisurely little flight to Brazil and 

 back — to fill the days, as it were, with pleasant wander- 

 ings, from the time the hummingbird fed at the feast of 

 the cardinal flower in late summer, until he should be 

 hovering over the columbine in the spring. 



