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 KITTY WATCHING FOR MICE

sang "Phœbe" with the inflection generally downward; but when she trilled it, "Phœbery," the inflection was always upwards:

ry."     be- "Phœ-

ee" "Pee-                   e-       e-             e-          a-       e-             wee-

came up from the ravine, clear as a strain from a flute. On my way home I saw the pewee on a fence picket. Every little while he flew after an insect,