134 BIRD WORLD. 



It is while they are resting in this way in the 

 thickets, or perhaps in the orchards or gardens of the 

 towns, that men who are fond of birds discover them 

 and learn how they are getting on in their journeys. 

 It may come about some time that a telegram may be 

 sent to the daily papers saying that such and such 

 birds are at Charleston or Savannah or Tampa. This 

 would please many readers, but we must wait till we 

 are much more kindhearted than many people are 

 now, or it would be no kindness to the birds. 



If you were to go out some morning in September 

 and find strange birds in your garden scratching 

 under the currant bushes, or merely hiding and resting, 

 and the next morning find them missing, you would 

 know that your city or town was on the great caravan 

 route from the frozen north to the sunny south. 



As for myself, I am turned hammock contractor 

 for the Orioles, taking my pay in " notes." I throw 

 strings out of the window and they snap at them at 

 once. They sit in the cherry tree hard by and war- 

 ble, " Hurry up, hurry up ! " I never found out before 

 just what they said. But if you listen you will find 

 that this is what they first say. — Lowell. 



