. Bird lore . E Zip and Phoebe (a cat-Bird story) BY FLORENCE A. VAN SANT ARLY each spring I watch for the return of a Phoebebird, which usually gladdens my heart by his ap-pearance about sundown of some bright day. Heis alone, because, according to most authorities, he travelsin advance of his rnate; and when I ask with wonder,Well Peter, where is Phoebe? with a quick dip of his tailand an expressive twitter, he seems to say, She will arriveon the next several years they have returned to the same nest beneaththe roof of my veranda, each spring re-lining the inside and bright-ening t
. Bird lore . E Zip and Phoebe (a cat-Bird story) BY FLORENCE A. VAN SANT ARLY each spring I watch for the return of a Phoebebird, which usually gladdens my heart by his ap-pearance about sundown of some bright day. Heis alone, because, according to most authorities, he travelsin advance of his rnate; and when I ask with wonder,Well Peter, where is Phoebe? with a quick dip of his tailand an expressive twitter, he seems to say, She will arriveon the next several years they have returned to the same nest beneaththe roof of my veranda, each spring re-lining the inside and bright-ening the outside with green They always raise two are very tame, and from year to year do not seem to forgettheir confidence of the previous summer, and will perch on the cedartree close to the porch, or light on the rope of the hammock only afew feet away from me. I have so trained my cat. Zip, that she thinks it is as wicked tolook at a bird as she does to climb on the table, and never doeseithe
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