68 BIRD STORIES FROM BURROUGHS 



On one occasion a solitary bird was left flying, 

 and it took three or four trials either to make up 

 its mind or to catch the trick of the descent. On 

 dark or threatening or stormy days the birds 

 ■would begin to assemble by mid-afternoon, and 

 by four or five o'clock were all in their lodgings. 



