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Fig. 128. The little birds were mean subjects; they simply 

 ivoukl not pose. 



The birds usually brought two, three or four cherries at 

 a time in their throats. The}' did not, however, feed the 

 little Cedar-birds entirely upon cherries for they sometimes 

 brought different species of moths and caterpillars. Often 

 while one was perched on the lookout twig awaiting the re- 

 turn of its mate, it would dash into the air and snap up a 

 passing insect; sometimes these would be taken to the 

 young, but more often would be eaten by the captor. 



