SOME BIRDS THAT COME IN MAY 405 
apple trees were quite as much to his taste and seized 
upon the orchards. Then comes Master Cuckoo, and 
wherever the tent worms are, there we find him also. So 
many has he been known to devour that one of the Wise 
Men, upon examining the stomach of a Cuckoo that had 
been killed, found it lined with a sort of felt made from 
the hairs of the caterpillars. 
“So, if you hear the harsh call near by, be very glad; 
the sound may not please the ear, but the bird is a pleasure 
to the sight as he slips away silently through the trees 
to do work for us that we cannot do as well. 
“The Red-eyed Vireo, excepting the Catbird, is the most 
talkative bird that we have; in fact, so fond is he of the 
sound of his own voice that he is rarely silent Red-eyed 
during the daylight hours. Then, too, his elo- Vireo 
quence has a questioning and arguing quality that made 
Wilson Flagg give him the nickname of ‘The Preacher,’ 
by which he will always be known. ‘ You see it — you 
know it—do you hear me? Do you believe it?’ he 
hears this voice say, and if you keep these words in your 
mind, you will recognize the bird the first time that you 
hear his song. You may hear the Vireo’s words twenty 
times for every peep that you may get of his person; not 
that he is at all shy, but he is restlessness in feathers, 
while unlike many talkers he both talks and works at 
the same time. Now he is at the end of a branch close 
to you, then on the opposite side of the tree, from whence 
he works his way to the very top, clearing the small 
limbs and twigs of insects as he goes. 
“After trying in vain to see him, one day when you 
are not thinking of this or any other bird, you will pass 
