back with his mate and with twelve new feathers 
grown afresh where the old ones used to be. I 
hope so, and I trust the apple trees will be spared, | 
and that the kingbirds will build a nest in one of 
them, so that some day, when Edith and the 
little bird-box boy again visit the garden, they 
will find it guarded by their old friend, the Mont- 
clair Kingbird. : 
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