over the surrounding country ; but passing by 

 all of these, a pair of flickers, a pair of chick- 

 adees, and a pair of red-headed woodpeckers 

 (erythrocephalus) selected the same pole for 

 their nests, prepared their holes, hatched and 

 brought up their large, noisy families together, 

 without a single quarrel so far as the curious 

 public knew. And they did all this with per- 

 sons coming from far and near to stare at them 

 through opera-glasses, for the red-headed wood- 

 peckers were the only pair with such heads re- 

 ported that season anywhere around. 



Some day the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, 

 which, of course, is much more of a wonder than 

 the kingbird's dwelling peaceably with the or- 

 chard-oriole. But this, in its way, is no mean 

 wonder. 



I was rowing up a little creek one day when 

 I found a kingbird's nest in the low, drooping 

 branch of a red maple, swinging within three 

 feet of the water. The moment the kingbirds 

 saw me back water they knew I had discovered 

 their nest, and across the creek they started on 

 the four maddest wings. How they quivered ! 

 The kingbirds never seem exactly placid ; but 

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