WHEN A BIRD CHANGES HIS CLOTHES. 1 05 



way that can make the bird attractive. The little 

 fellows know very well what a fine appearance they 

 now make. If there is any bit of color that does not 

 show well, they take pains to bow or bend, or to spread 

 wing or tail to display it. All these bright feathers 

 are moulted again and the winter suit put on. So 

 the suits change with the seasons, till the little life 

 is ended. 



The Humming Birds are a perpetual pleasure. I 

 shall never forget the surprise of joy the first time 

 one alighted on my sleeve and rested, as much at 

 home as if I were a stick or harmless twig. 



Sparrows and Nuthatches had often alighted on 

 my head as I stood musing over my flowers, but to 

 have this tiny spark of brilliant life come to anchor, 

 as it were, on anything so earthly as my arm was 

 indeed a nine days' wonder. Now it has grown to be 

 an old story, but it is never any less delightful. — 

 Celia Thaxter, All Island Garden, 



