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fed and guarded both them and the mother, coming to 
the nest every two or three minutes with butterflies in 
his bill. But as soon as they are ready to try their 
wings, he assumes full charge, teaching them to fly and 
to catch insects on the wing in true flycatcher fashion. 
Two, and occasionally three, broods are raised in a 
season. No sooner has the father fairly launched the 
young on the world 
than the industrious  ; @ ae 
little mother repairs \° 
the nest, and in it 
lays a second set of ee 
pretty white eggs. — 
Again she broods for 
fourteen days, now 
seldom or never fed 
by her mate; but, 
since the days grow warmer, 
leaving oftener and for longer 
intervals to forage for her- 
self. When the second 457. Say Pras. 
puail as steady: to fy, Bhe’ peace ee Tae cepa 
takes charge of it unless the 
necessity of rearing a third brood should compel her to 
desert them; and then, from somewhere, the hitherto 
unnoticed male appears, to assume care of them. It is 
a mooted question whether any bird rears three broods 
in one year, and this is the only species for which I 
make the claim. While the same pairs usually return 
each year to the same locality to nest, some instances 
