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the period the sac was usually, although not invariably, carried 

 away. The female was seen to swallow an excreta sac at the 

 nest on August 7. 



8. Toward the close of the nestling period the adults re- 

 mained away from the nest for considerable intervals. Some- 

 times the adults returned to the nest without food and only for 

 the purpose of carr\'ing away the voided excreta sacs. 



9. The male and female each had their own particular mode 

 of approach to the nest, the female usually alighting a few feet 

 from it and running quietly up to the young while the male 

 usually alighted almost immediately at the nest with food. He 

 was more nervous and noisv in his actions than the female. 



