THE WESTERN" r.I.l'El'.IRD. 



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Taken in Ort-t'on. 



Pi:''[o by Finlcy and Bohiinan 



m 



WF.STICRX l!I.in:HIKl) AT NEST. 



is the subject of frequent remark. .Mr. iMiiley tells^" of an instance in vvhicii 

 a fir.st brood, just out of ])inafnris, liinied to and helped tlicir i)arents provide 

 food for anotlu'r l)atc-li ni babies, and lliis not once, nnr twice, nor casuallv. 



a. "American Birrls," by William I.ovcll l-inky (1907). p. i/O. 



