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started when Billy sneezed, and turned from side 

 to side very apprehensively, in spite of his out-in- 

 the- world, big -boy airs. He may have felt 

 hampered by his unused wings, for, as he sat 



The Swing- Nest of the Hummer. 



(From a Photograph.) 



there waiting for his mother to come, he stroked 

 them out with his bill to get them in better work- 

 ing order. That done, he leaned over, rounded 



