104 BUSH DAYS 



yellowbob says, " chut, chut." The coachwhip has a funny 

 throaty note quite different to her ordinary ringing call ; the 

 wagtail and the Jacky Winter both chatter angrily; the little 

 fantail utters a single note, sharper than her usual squeaky 

 warble, and so on. And the baby birds obey immediately, 

 and are dumb. But, like little boys and girls, they cannot 

 be quiet long; and if they hear no noise themselves, their 

 chirping soon breaks out again, and their little voices add a 

 new fresh note the note of young lives to the sweet spring- 

 song. 



