126 IN BIRD LAND. 



upper story. Several times, however, one of the larks 

 slept on a perch, and the red-wing, after the cat-birds 

 and bunting had been removed from the cage, occa- 

 sionally seemed to think the upstairs a little lonely, 

 and so he cuddled down on the grass below, edging 

 up close to the larks. The strangely assorted bed- 

 fellows slept together in this way like happy 

 children. 



