126 IN BIRD LAND. 
upper story. Several times, however, one of the larks 
slept on a perch, and the red-wing, after the cat-birds 
and bunting had been removed from the cage, occa- 
sionally seemed to think the upstairs a little lonely, 
and so he cuddled down on the grass below, edging 
up close to the larks. The strangely assorted bed- 
fellows slept together in this way like happy 
children. 
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