54 EVERYDAY BIRDS 



sion of nervousness or annoyance, and is uttered 

 whenever an intruder a man, a cat, or a 

 strange bird comes near the tree in which her 

 treasures are hidden. 



Hummingbirds sometimes fly into open win- 

 dows and are caught. At such times they be- 

 come tame almost at once, but it is difficult, if 

 not impossible, to keep them alive in captivity, 

 and it is cruel to attempt it, except when the 

 little creature is injured and plainly unable to 

 look out for itself. 



A lady of my acquaintance discovered a hum- 

 mingbird under her piazza. It had flown in by 

 accident, probably, and now was darting to and 

 fro in a frantic attempt to get out. The piazza 

 was open on three sides, to be sure, but the 

 frightened bird kept up against the ceiling, and 

 of course found itself walled in. 



Fearful that it would injure itself, the lady 

 brought a broom and tried to force it to come 

 down and so discover its way out ; but it was 

 only the more scared. Then a happy thought 

 came to her. She went to the garden, plucked 

 a few flowers, and going back to the piazza, set 

 them down for the bird to see. Instantly it flew 

 toward them, and as it did so it saw the open 

 world without, and away it went. 



Another lady wrote me once a very pretty 



