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Fig. 140. They reached eagerly for the green worm Mother 

 Chippy brought. 



reached the edge of the nest all the young birds rushed to 

 meet her. They were so very eager, each to receive the 

 morsel she brought that they very nearly spoiled the next 

 picture by their rapid motions. We made but five pictures 

 at this time and two of these were worthless because both 

 the adults and little ones moved too fast for the shutter. 



The following day was one of those rare, perfect days 

 for photographs, — very light, but the sky sufficiently over- 



