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CITIZEN BIRD 



hammock, only deeper and more pocket-shaped, to keep 

 the Ijabies from falling out, as Nat and Dodo both did 

 out of our hammock yesterday. 



'' This nest Mrs. B. Oriole twines herself, from 



plant fibres, adding strings of cotton or worsted when 



she has a chance to find any. She secures it to the 



end of a strong supple twig, usually at a good height 



from the ground, and. she likes an elm tree 



luse it is not easy for 

 :its or House People to 

 climb far out on the slen- 

 der swaying branches. 

 Up there tlie eggs 

 and young are 

 ifely rocked 

 by the wind 

 and shel- 

 tered by 

 leaves. 

 A cat 

 may look 

 at a king, 

 and also at 

 an Oriole's 

 nest, but 

 the look- 

 ing will not do her much good in either case. 



" Mamma Oriole sits on the nest, which is almost 

 closed over her head, and keeps all safe. Though she 

 does not sing to House People, how do we know but 

 what she whispers a little lullaby like this, on stormy 

 nights, to her nestlings ? 



Baltimore Oriole. 



