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measurements just made are as fol- 

 lows:— .65x,51, .65X.50, .65X.50, .67x.50, 

 .65X.50 inches. 



We later on found another nest 

 with four young by watching the pa- 

 rent birds carry food to them, and 



five eggs on the point of hatching 

 which were later found by my friend. 

 In fact all the nests found that day 

 were similarly constructed and lo- 

 cated. On visiting the nests then 

 containing partly fledged young just 



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these young had the juvenal plumage 

 quite well developed, being seeming- 

 ly about seven days old. This nest 

 was situated at the foot of a small 

 spruce as was another containing 



a week later the young were found to 

 have flown in the meanwhile. It 

 would thus seem that the young leave 

 the nest within twelve days after 

 hatching, and though judging by the 



