BIRD PARADISE 191 



geuuine homesickness. While they live after a 

 manner that makes every place home, there are 

 places that stand first on the heights of their re> 

 gard. I interviewed the flock I saw but elicited 

 nothing touching their whereabouts since the nest- 

 ing season closed. From what I have seen I con- 

 clude that they took a trip well up into Canada. 

 They had nothing really to do, that is from my 

 standpoint, and a journey would pass the time 

 for them and perhaps help fit them for the varied 

 experiences of the winter season. Of all our 

 small birds the yellowbird is the last one that I 

 should expect would remain at the North during 

 the cold weather. His size and his clean bird 

 character would seem to fit him perfectly for a 

 sojourn in the sunny South. I have seen a bird 

 there that resembled our yellowbird closely, but 

 I could not ascertain to just what species he be- 

 longed. Of course if he found his way south- 

 ward in the winter we should lose his cheery 

 presence — a change in our cold season that we 

 would be loth to have occur. The little fellow 

 uses a very pleasant call note in the winter and 

 in all his actions is everywhere as bright and 

 lively as he appears in the summer. A little 

 later they will gather in large flocks, ranging over 

 the fields among the merriest of our winter birds. 



