BIRDS OF BROADLAND AND STREAMSIDE. 203 



FEMALE REED WARBLER 



HOLDING FOOD IN HER BILL UNTIL HER 

 CHICKS GROW HUNGRY AGAIN, 



Last May I gave the members of two pairs 

 of these birds a good deal of attention at arm's 

 length, and the}^ yielded some well-repaying 

 information upon the subject of individuality in 

 the avian world. 



The female of one pair was a poor specimen, 

 from a pictorial point of view, on account of the 

 fact that she had in some way lost her old tail. 



