. St. Nicholas [serial] . ntently the restless little creature flit-ting about the nest, now and then alightingupon its rim as if uncertain whether it dareenter in the presence of these spectators. Great Jupiter! he exclaimed, when at lasthe got a good look at it. I believe it is—I m sure of it! Ginger ! Yes, there s the palesulphur and white underneath, and the whiteline over the eye, and the size is all right. It sit, sure! •What do you mean by //? Molly de-manded with some indignation. To see this excited young man, with an opera-glass glued to his eyes, dancing up and downand uttering ridd
. St. Nicholas [serial] . ntently the restless little creature flit-ting about the nest, now and then alightingupon its rim as if uncertain whether it dareenter in the presence of these spectators. Great Jupiter! he exclaimed, when at lasthe got a good look at it. I believe it is—I m sure of it! Ginger ! Yes, there s the palesulphur and white underneath, and the whiteline over the eye, and the size is all right. It sit, sure! •What do you mean by //? Molly de-manded with some indignation. To see this excited young man, with an opera-glass glued to his eyes, dancing up and downand uttering riddles was exasperating. It? Why, the golden-vested vireo,of course. Indeed! What of that ? This patronizing young enthusiast was be-coming insufferable. Why, Molly, that s the rarity ProfessorFrankenstein wants! Now it was the girls turn to give a littlescream and seize the glass, which showed herthat both the bird and the nest, while in gen-eral resembling the redeye and its home, werein many particulars very % ^jbf^iW THERE S ANOTHER REDEYES NEST, MOLLY ANNOUNCED. And will he give you five dollars for thatnest ? ■ If there are eggs in it: — maybe more. Let s get it right away ? Bright girl! Go and bring it down. I onlywish / could. i8g2.] THE VIREOS NEST. 621 The nest was far out, rocking gently at theextremity of a limb which would scarcely bearthe weight of a kitten, and to climb there wasout of the question ; nor was any other limbnear enough to furnish a stronger means ofapproach. We dont even know whether it containsany eggs, said Molly. No; but I reckon I can settle that point. Throwing off his coat, he put his opera-glassin his vest pocket, and began to climb the forgot her flowers and watched himeagerly, as he scrambled like a sailor up toa crotch some distance above the nest-limb,where a large branch bent outward from thetrunk. Making his way cautiously out uponthis, he tried here and there to look downthrough the leaves and get a glimpse
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