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of being put back into the nest; he had found legs and wings. 

 When once in the studio, he posed, absolutely still, while the pro- 

 fessor photographed him twice. I was decidedly proud of his be- 

 haviour. After such ingratiating ways, I found it hard to have to 

 carry him back to his mother and to leave the protesting little bird 

 in that stuffy nest. The baby Vireo tried to be almost as naughty 

 as he knew how, and succeeded very well. 



I fastened the swinging cradle in the crotch of the home tree, 

 then withdrew a few yards and hid. Imagine my astonishment 

 when a moment later I saw the young bird hopping along a limb, 

 and looking directly at me. Soon three birds came in an.swer to the 

 little one's chirps. Kach evidently feared it might be one of his 

 own offspring, but tried to look indifferent. The first, an Ovenbird, 

 was most prompt to investigate. He brightened perceptibly, after 

 two or three cautious glances at the little chirper, and called, 

 ^''Teacher, teacher, teacher, teacher.'" Next appeared the Magnolia 

 Warbler. He also quickly retired, humming, '"Weechy, icccchy, 

 weechy.'' But the third, a Red-eyed Vireo, lingered, keeping up a 

 gentle '"Quee! Quec! Qiwe!" as if to say, "I don't like the appear- 

 ance of that big white thing down there in the bushes." I took the 

 hint and went home. 



In less than five minutes after I returned the young Vireo to 

 the woods, he was with his mother again. The following day the 

 old bird and the young were flitting together through the trees on 

 the top of the hill. 



The Canada Grouse. 



By Manly Hardy. 

 Though a resident of Maine the Canada Grouse is nowhere 

 abundant and in most parts of the state it is very rare. In travel- 

 ing over sixty years iti the Maine woods I have seen a total of only 

 about fifty birds. Nearly one-third of these I have seen on a space 

 not over six miles square, between the head waters of Passadumkeag 

 and Machias, when visiting it at intervals during some twenty years. 



