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THE GLIDE TO NATURE. 



XEST AND EGGS OF THE RED-EYED VI REO. 



that the first little nestling" had just split 

 the wall of his prison. After looking at 

 it for a minute 1 hacked off and had not 

 gone far when the female bird returned 

 accompanied by the male. They both 

 alighted on the edge of the nest and anx- 

 iously watched their naked and helpless 

 baby. Occasionally one of the old birds 

 would pick off a small piece of shell to 

 aid the young" bird in hatching". 



'1 he nestling' was almost naked except- 

 ing tor a streak of yellowish down which 

 at first 1 had not noticed. The beak had 

 a yellow rim and the throat was also of 

 a yellowish hue. 



Immediately alter the young bird 

 batched the old bird started feeding it 

 with small green worms. Now was my 

 chance to set up my camera and com- 

 mence getting the old birds used to mv 



'They would always eye every nestling 

 carefully before feeding. 



During the hottest part of the day the 

 female Vireo would sometimes come to 

 the nest to shade the young from the sun. 



