142 THE BIRDS ABOUT 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. 



