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farther side of the orchard and flew away in six minutes. He 

 returned at 5.14 and flew about the orchard near me until 5.30; 

 he never was so quiet as today. At 5.40, the female returned 

 after an absence of one hour and a half, and went directly to the 

 nest. I wish that I might have followed her flight during that 

 time. 



July 6, 10.35 A- M.-12.32 p. M. — The male was in the orchard 

 about me until 11.07, when he flew away. At 11. 16, the female 

 came to the nest, but in one minute looked out at me six times. 

 She then came out to the foot of the tree, crept up and went in 

 again, where she remained a moment longer. The male went to 

 the nest at 11.27, looked out at me five times, came outside and 

 went back in for a moment. When he came out again, he carried 

 excreta which was the only time but once, the next day, that he 

 ever did so. The female cleaned the nest every time she went 

 into it. At 12.32, the male came to the nest after an absence of 

 one hour and two minutes. I did not see the female after she 

 flew away at 1 1 . 1 8 . 



July 7, 8.45-1 1.42 A. M. — Thermometer above 90°. The male 

 came to a nearby tree at 9.16, and rested silently with his mouth 

 open At 9.23, he flew to the next orchard with the "wick" cry, 

 but returned to first position at 9.29. Six minutes later, the 

 female came to the tree, where she and her mate had the prettiest 

 little talk together for a mome'nt, when she flew to the nest to be 

 greeted by the young ones with a sound like a combination of 

 buzz-saw, a beehive, the hissing of a snake, and the spitting of a 

 cat. She flew away at 9.37 while the male remained on the next 

 tree until 9.44, when he came to the nest. In two minutes he 

 looked out sixteen times; then flew away. At 11. 19, the female 

 returned to the ne.st, and the male came to the next tree. When 

 she flew away at ii.2oj/^', he came to the tree over the nest. 

 At 1 1 .40, the male came to the nest, and one of the young climbed 

 up for the first time, and was fed at the opening. Two minutes 

 later, the male went into the nest, then flew away. 



July 7, (continued) 7 p. M.-7.40 p. m. — I had just arrived when 

 both male and female came near "talking" to each other, but 

 soon both flew away, and at 7.40 neither had returned. 



July 8, 3.55 A. M.-5.01 A. M. — It was a cloudy morning, and 

 hardly light, but I wished to find out what time the female left 

 the nest. To my surprise, she came to the nest at 4.1 1, and left 



