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and larvee of insects. The young Verdins remained in 
the nest quite three weeks, and long after their début 
they returned to the nursery every night to sleep. The 
usual note of the adult Verdins is a chickadee-like “ tsee- 
tu-tu” uttered while hunting, chickadee fashion, among 
the terminal buds and under the leaves for their insect 
food, and this the nestlings mimic in two syllables as 
soon as they leave the nest, — “ tsee-tee, tsee-tee.” It is 
a cry of hunger, and never fails to bring the parent with 
food. 
