THE ORIOLE BRANCH 107 
went up to see about the invalid. Behold, he 
was gone ! 
They looked for him everywhere, for they 
knew he could not fly. Suddenly they noticed 
a great deal of oriole chatter out in the yard. 
Then they looked carefully over a tree near the 
window, and there they saw the broken-winged 
bird in the midst of quite a flock of others. 
Of course the outside birds were called by the 
captive, and they must have carried him out in 
some way. Birds have been seen to carry off 
one who was wounded, in two ways. One way 
was by two birds each taking in his beak a 
wing of the helpless bird and so flying away with 
him. This has been seen, and more than once, 
by men who tell the truth. 
The second way birds have been seen to help 
another was by one getting under the helpless one 
and so holding him up on the back. This also 
has been seen by men whose word can be trusted. 
You remember I told you such a story about the 
shrike. 
So many untrue stories are told about the 
birds that I am very careful not to tell you any- 
thing that is not strictly true. 
If you live in the South, you more often see 
the OrcHARD ORIoLE. He is not quite so gay 
