CRADLE MAKING. 15 
babies. These are very sensible mothers. They make 
their cradles in the firm, still crotch of a tree, high 
up among the forked branches, or lower, right in the 
hollow trunk. Other birds choose the ground or low 
shrubs. 
BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 
Some cradles, like those of the oriole and titmouse, 
are curtained all around with beautiful lace fibre or lat- 
tice work. Other cribs have no curtains at all except 
drooping leaves and waving grass. 
Those of us who ean afford them have eider-down 
quilts on our beds. But these are rare and costly, and 
