THE BIRD OF MANY NAMES 
the rain, for they were there at sunrise each 
morning. 
After they had finally deserted it, exami- 
nation showed it to be seventeen and a half 
inches deep, and the original doorway about 
three inches in diameter. As to the thirty- 
six common names with which some books 
credit this inoffensive bird, I have wondered 
what he has done to deserve them all. 
Surely the half-dozen most commonly used 
are sufficient. 
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