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rose-tree. Like a band of tiny acrobats they 

 flit about sideways, upside down, in and out, 

 until every twig has been examined and all the 

 prey secured, then, with happy chirpings, away 

 they flit to the next tree to resume their useful 

 operations. 



The sweet, warbling song of this migrant seems 

 a truly summer sound, for the bird seldom arrives 

 until the middle of April, and leaves us again 

 about the end of September ; its note therefore 

 suggests sunshine and flowers and the hum of 

 insect-life. 



