'OSKOMENOS the king- 

 fisher still burrows in the 

 earth like his reptile ancestors ; therefore the 

 other birds call him outcast and will have 

 nothing to do with him. But he cares little 

 for that, being a clattering, rattle-headed, self- 

 satisfied fellow, who seems to do nothing all 

 day long but fish and eat. As you follow 

 him, however, you note with amazement that 

 he does some things marvelously well bet- 

 ter indeed than any other of the Wood Folk. 

 To locate a fish accurately in still water is 

 difficult enough when one thinks of light 

 refraction ; but when the fish is moving, and 

 the sun glares down into the pool and the 

 wind wrinkles its face into a thousand 



