THE SEDGE-WARBLER 49 



like ghosts, warn him it is time to go where the sun is 

 warm and insects abound. 



Brave, joyous, manly little fellow, with your endearing 

 manners and pretty ways, long may your race flourish, 

 though oft-times your eggs are sucked by the pilfering 

 mouse and relentless weasel. 



