BIRD PARADISE 231 



aches or pains, no sighs or groans, nothing but 

 free-hearted, joyous bird life. Verily the fellows 

 seemed to have discovered the secret of living, 

 and living well. 



I feel quite sure that all of our birds at differ- 

 ent seasons of the year take long journeys that 

 might be considered of the nature of migration 

 if not the thing itself. Those that remain North, 

 in the winter will at times disappear from their 

 usual haunts, sometimes remaining away several 

 weeks. Frequently those that journey early to 

 the South, like the meadow-lark, will appear in 

 the old places, sometimes tarrying through the 

 winter. I never have seen any members of the 

 species that reach South America in their annual 

 migration returning North until the summer is 

 well established. Frequently we see larks and 

 robins here in mid-winter, and some entertain 

 the idea that there are birds that remain North 

 the entire season. It may be that they are cor- 

 rect in their conclusion. There are single birds 

 that seem to lose the sense of migration, and in 

 such a case they are obliged to tarry at the 

 North, getting along very well if they can secure 

 plenty of food. I am disposed to think that in 



