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oak tree in which its home was built. Fifteen minutes later the other young 

 bird flew from the nest to a neighboring limb and thence to some nearby 

 flowers from which it fed — a remarkable demonstration of inherited habit. 

 At this time the mother appeared and flew about with the second young. She 

 doubtless had been watching them both all the time. The presence of the 

 photographer did not, so far as he could tell, in any way frighten or annoy the 

 birds or cause them to leave the nest, before the time nature had set for their 

 departure. The male was never observed and neither the female nor the young 

 were seen after the day that the young made their first flight. — Ed. 



RUBVTHROAT FEEDING YOUKG 

 Photographed_by A. R. Coleman 



