142 THE Birps Asout Us. 
occupy is directly upon a village street. On the 
stone wall there is a trumpet-creeper that has grown 
about and above the sill, and when this fine old- 
fashioned vine is in bloom there is no dearth of 
humming-birds. They come and go continually 
while the sun shines, and the sound of their wings 
and funny squeaky voices is almost continuous. 
