138 Birds of Lakeside and Prairie 



it is supposed to wax noisy just before a shower. I have 

 known the bird to be a poor prophet, and one that soon 

 became without honor even with those who hitherto had 

 pinned to it their faith. I never knew the cuckoos to be so 

 noisy as they were one July month in northern Illinois when 

 the drought killed almost every green thing in the land. 



