IN THEIR BRAND-NEW SUITS. 143 



From that day I saw, and, what was more 

 evident, heard the jay babies constantly, though 

 they wandered far from the place of their birth. 

 Their voices waxed stronger day by day ; from 

 morning to night they called vigorously ; and 

 very lovely they looked as they sat on the 

 branches in their brand-new fluffy suits, with 

 their tails a little spread, and showing the snowy 

 borderings beautifully. Twenty-two days after 

 they bade farewell to the old home before my 

 window they were still crying for food, still fol- 

 lowing their hard-working parents, and, though 

 flying with great ease, never coming to the 

 ground (that I could see), and apparently hav- 

 ing not the smallest notion of looking out for 

 themselves. 



