516 _ LAND BIRDS 
earnestness, evidently not daring to attempt the danger- 
ous task of brooding, lest his bungling should be dis- 
astrous. As soon as the naked pink 
ee | nestlings have emerged from the 
MAES all ns, Jee 
\\4 \ shells and opened their wide bills 
B \ for food, his cares begin. And they 
. know no end until four 
weeks later, when all have 
learned to care for them- 
selves. Oriole nestlings in 
general are proverbial cry- 
babies, and Scott Orioles are 
no exception. Insects of 
all sorts in all stages of 
development, fruit, and ber- 
ries are served to them in 
such quick succession as to leave 
small time for the parent to hunt 
any for himself. At first the feed- 
ing is by regurgitation, but on the 
504. Scorr ORIOLE. 
eh giecat ttestaaen fourth or fifth day this method gives 
buoy ous eurnedness, | place to the more commonly ob- 
served one. After this brood is reared, with com- 
mendable patience, he is ready to care for another, for 
which a new nest in a new tree must be made. 
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